The Ares Decision by Robert Ludlum

Author:Robert Ludlum
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Terrorism, Biological Warfare, Covert Operations, Conspiracy
ISBN: 9780446699082
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

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THE SUDANESE SHOVED Sarie and De Vries into the back of a canvas-covered military transport as

Omidi looked on. Her companions were stil alive—a loose end that infuriated him, but one that he would

have to tolerate for the moment. They were formidable men, but the chance that they could escape their

prison and stay ahead of Bahame’s men in unfamiliar terrain was unlikely in the extreme. Particularly with

time running out so much more quickly than they imagined.

“You remember our agreement?” Bahame said as Omidi started toward the cab of the truck. “You wil

give me whatever the woman discovers.”

“Of course, my good friend. We fight for the same thing. The freedom of our countries.”

That seemed to please the African, and Omidi accepted his hand, counting on the darkness to hide his

disgust. Bahame put his own desires before those of God—something he would be made to pay dearly for.

The Iranian climbed into the truck and started the engine, putting a hand through the open window in a

respectful salute as he pul ed away.

Bahame glowed red in the tail ights and Omidi waited until his image disappeared from the side mirror

before pul ing out a smal GPS unit and switching it on. The signal would transmit the coordinates of

Bahame’s camp to a Ugandan military force waiting some two hundred kilometers to the southeast.

In a way, it was regrettable. Smith and Howel didn’t deserve the quick death that he was giving them. No,

they deserved to die like their countrymen soon would: insane and bleeding.

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Northern Uganda

November 27—2153 Hours GMT+3

JON SMITH HAD TAKEN over holding the lock and Howel was sawing again, though they both knew their

time had run out. The infected woman hardly moved anymore, even when their eyes met through the

spattered plastic. She’d be dead soon, and that meant the parasite kil ing her would need a new host.

Footsteps became audible in the passageway and Howel shoved the blade down the back of his pants

as they moved away from the bars. A moment later, Bahame and the team he’d so meticulously trained to

shuttle people in and out of the cel s appeared.

“I’l al ow you to choose who goes in with her first, Doctor. You or your good friend Peter?”

Howel just shrugged. There was no way he was going to spend the last few hours of his life lying in a

muddy cage losing his mind. He would undoubtedly choose to go down in a futile last charge. The question

in Smith’s mind was, would he do the same? The thought of a few quick rounds to the chest had become

strangely comforting over the time they’d been imprisoned there, but he was a survivor by both nature and

training. Could he knowingly run straight at the barrel of a loaded AK-47?

“I’m sorry,” he said, clapping Howel on the shoulder. “I think this may have been one adventure too many.”

The Brit smiled. “I told you men like us don’t get old. We just—”

The unmistakable whup of a bomb detonating was fol owed quickly by three more, shaking the ground

violently enough that Smith had to put a hand against the rock wal to keep his balance.

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