Shakedown by Newt Gingrich

Author:Newt Gingrich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-03-24T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

The Golden Fish burst through the ocean’s surface into the nighttime darkness twenty-two miles west of the Azores archipelago, midway between North America and Europe. The Atlantic waters were calm as Commander Petrov stood on the submarine’s conning tower, lighting a smoke. Except for the glow from the cigarette tip, Petrov was enveloped in darkness, on a black sea invisible in a starless night. A spray of water wetted his cheeks. The salt burned his dry lips. Petrov preferred the sea’s vacant vastness. Prison had cured him of the need for social connection. He relaxed long enough to finish his cigarette before tossing its filter into the ocean and going below for his scheduled call with Zharkov.

“We should arrive at the rendezvous point in thirty-six hours,” Petrov reported. “Is the cargo ship on schedule?”

“Yes,” Zharkov replied. “It will meet you.”

“The next time we talk will be after I position the Golden Fish at its final resting point.” Petrov disconnected and ordered Dimitri Kozlov, his second-in-command, to dive back into the vast ocean’s depths.

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