Hard Cover by Adrian Magson

Author:Adrian Magson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781780107714
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2016-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-TWO

It was raining again by the time I got back to the cabin. Heavy and relentless, it was going to make visibility even harder once I was out on the road. I checked the Touareg’s tracking signal. It was still there but not strong. Sooner rather than later, with the head start they’d got, they would drop off the edge and I’d lose them. I had to go after them but first I had to contact Langley. This assignment was getting hotter and I needed to know what I was up against. I still wasn’t convinced the attackers had been regular forces, but thinking and knowing weren’t the same. I got inside the cabin and checked the weapon dropped by the man I’d hit.

As I’d thought, it was an assault weapon; a Russian AS Val silenced sniper’s rifle. It only had a few rounds left in the magazine, but it might prove useful. The model had been around for some time, but beyond that I knew little about it or where this one might have come from. However, I did have its serial number and identifier on the side of the receiver, which housed the trigger assembly and main working parts. And that gave me an idea about checking who the assault team might be working for.

I called Lindsay.

‘Go ahead, Watchman.’ Quick off the mark and economical as always. It was good to hear a friendly voice.

‘I need you to see if you can run a background check on a weapon,’ I said, and gave her the serial number and description. ‘I think it could be off the black market, in which case numbers close to this one might have been circulating on international police files of weapons stolen in batches from armouries or military depots.’

‘Got that. Anything else?’

‘Yes. That helicopter you saw earlier is back in the air. If you can get a trace on where it’s going, it would help. I’d also like a heads up if it looks like heading back this way.’

‘Copy that. I’ll keep you posted.’

‘Another thing. I’m close to losing contact with Counselor. Can you get the Pathfinders to monitor and feed back his progress until I’m back on board?’

‘Of course.’

‘Good. After that you should ask Vale to get them out of there.’

‘Is there a specific problem?’

‘Not yet, but there might be. I’m only guessing but I think the other team are contractors. Even so, if the people they work for have any juice they might use local military and intelligence assets to scan the area for unusual signals.’

‘One moment, Watchman. I have someone for you.’

There was a click and Brian Callahan came on. ‘What happened?’

I gave him a potted version of events and repeated my suggestion that the observers sent in by Tom Vale should be sent out of the area in case things hotted up. By accident or design, the situation could become compromised at any moment, and fewer bodies in the field would be a good idea.

‘Copy that; I’ll pass it on.

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