Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker Omnibus by J T Sawyer

Author:J T Sawyer [Sawyer, J T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JT Sawyer
Published: 2019-12-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

East Tel Aviv

In a dimly lit cinder block room in the basement of a shuttered brewery, Uri Belkin paced back and forth before the man restrained to the steel table. Beside the thick door to his right was Cavel, who stood with a robotic expression. The lithe figure waited in silence, watching his boss for any indication that he could begin interrogating the supine figure who was starting to regain consciousness.

Uri’s determined gaze cloaked the mounting anxiety inside of him. He stopped beside a round metal bar stool and picked up the black box resting on top. It was similar in size to a pack of cigarettes but extremely dense, with a grainy surface that underscored its rugged construction. On the side were two USB ports and a small red light that kept flashing.

One down but how many more to go? he thought while removing a single glove and stroking the side of the box with ever-widening eyes, as if a genie might emerge from inside. For the past year, he had cast a wide net, hoping to locate the other black boxes that could potentially thwart his political career. Months of planning to frame Gideon for a botched mission in Romania had led to this moment and, most importantly, crippled any retaliatory efforts by Devorah and her cadre. He looked at the box and thought of the fleeting strands of disconnected data that were contained inside. There were typed entries by Anatoly documenting his travels in Sierra Leone, where he located a few of Uri’s travel routes in the remote regions of the desert along with some financial figures regarding Uri’s shell companies. Nothing damning in itself except that there were a few locations on the periphery of his old diamond mining camps. What was most troubling though were the interview transcripts from several villages Anatoly frequented where Uri and his men had abducted tribal members for use as slave labor. There was no outright mention of Uri but Anatoly had been dangerously close to the underbelly of Uri’s nefarious doings, although just how close was uncertain. Uri hoped that the semi-limp figure lying before him would know.

The bald man on the table was groaning, his watery eyes opening and focusing upon Uri. “You—what are you doing here?” said James Ratner while struggling against his handcuffs, causing the entire table to shake. “Why am I being held here?”

“Now, now, James, you have nothing to worry about. Just a few questions and then we’ll discuss your options.” Uri leaned over the pale man’s face. “You were the head of cyber security and programming at Gideon, I understand.”

He held up the black box then tapped it against the trembling man’s forehead. “Tell me how many of these you designed for your former boss, Anatoly, and about the encryption program you used.”

“What?” He rattled his shackles and balled his fists, pounding them against the table. “Are you fucking kidding me? You tie me up in some basement like this—this isn’t legal—the

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