Quiller Salamander (q-1) by ADAM HALL

Author:ADAM HALL [HALL, ADAM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: det_espionage

The moon was down, and in the east a pale flush of light threw the length of a mountain ridge into silhouette. Below and to the west the valley was lost beneath a veil of mist. A bird called, piping thinly in the silence.

I hadn't slept. The Khmer transport that had gone storming past the place where I had ditched the jeep had driven as far as the major road and turned north towards Pouthisat; after a while it had returned and plunged into the valley, following the track to the camp. Within thirty minutes the lights of a dozen vehicles had come swinging east towards the major road, half of them turning north and the others south to take up the hunt. It was long after midnight when I saw them again, threading their way through the valley back to the camp.

I had lain down, then, using the half-empty plastic bottle for a head-rest, listening to the silence that had now come down front the hills to rest along the valley floor. But sleep was out of my reach. Bruises from unremembered blows were throbbing now; injuries I had not been aware of were bringing pain, demanding my attention. And there were thoughts running wild in my head, disallowing peace, baying like hounds at the kill.

Later I would have to deal with them.

When the flush of light in the east became strong enough to cast shadows I finished the last of the water and left my shelter in the rocks to climb into the eye of the sun towards the road.

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