Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-14T17:07:38+00:00

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“I won’t miss,” Ahmed assured him. “All I need is one clear shot at her.”

“The big bodyguard is careful. He sees everything, even though he is older. He stands in front of her until she enters the car.”

“I know him,” Ahmed said. “He is Herb Knoff, the big fat German. He is past fifty now, but he will be very hard to kill. He always wears a bulletproof vest.”

“Shoot him in the head,” Sied whispered. “He will die like any other man.”

“Many people have tried, Sied. He seems to have a sixth sense for when a gun is aimed at him.”

Sied chuckled soundlessly. “You have become too superstitious, old friend. No one knows when he will die. You listen to too many of the old stories about him. He is a mortal, like any other man.”

Ahmed swallowed. “It is more than superstition, Sied,” he said. “I have tried to kill the big German once before. He came out of a building with Bruno Bottger in Africa, and even though there was no moon he looked right at me when I was two hundred yards away behind a tree. The night was as dark as pitch. Somehow, he knew I was there. I am unable to explain it, how he knew I was there.”

“What happened?”

“He pushed Bottger to the ground and opened up on me with an Uzi. I was lucky to escape with my life. He could not have known where I was, and yet somehow, he did. Some say he has eyes in the back of his head.”

“It was luck, Ahmed. He heard you make some small sound or he saw you move.”

“I did not even breathe when he came out of the bunker with Herr Bottger. I did not move. My rifle was cocked. I had him in my sights. There was nothing I did that could have warned him I was there. And somehow he knew we were waiting for him. He warned everyone, before a single

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