Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ascendancy by Eric Van Lustbader

Author:Eric Van Lustbader [Van Lustbader, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

Bourne was given a new robe, which more or less fit him. He declined a new pair of trousers, not wanting to transfer what he had in his pockets. In the meantime, Ivan Borz spoke to the wounded Faraj, left him in charge of the devastated field. He directed Bourne to a jeep undamaged in the twin blasts. Aashir, the group leader who had spoken to Bourne directly after the drone attack, was already behind the wheel. With Bourne and Borz in the back, Aashir drove them west for just over an hour. He drove with seriousness and complete command; it was clear he knew their destination and how to get there. Very possibly, Bourne thought, he had been there before with Borz.

The mountains, blue and purple, bearded crests barely visible behind clouds, reared up in front of them like wild horses. The air was as sharp as a knife edge.

“We are in Mahsud territory,” Borz said. “All the tribes hate one another. No one can move freely in Waziristan without a chief malik’s assurance of safe passage.” He spat over the side. “It’s like living in fucking Nazi Germany.” Turning to Bourne, he said, “D’you know much about the tribes hereabouts, Yusuf? Speaking the lingo, you must.”

“The Waziri fear dishonor over death,” Bourne said. “They’ll lie, cheat, steal, and flee in order not to be bested by any enemy. The most common mistake outsiders make about them is that they’re cowards, when the opposite is true.”

“So how would you handle them?”

“If you don’t become one of them,” Bourne said, “you have no standing with them.”

Borz shot him a quick look. “How the fuck do you do that?”

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