The Courier: A Ryan Kealey Thriller by Andrew Britton

Author:Andrew Britton [Britton, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780786032174
Amazon: 0786032170
Barnesnoble: 0786032170
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2013-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

“What should I call you?”

Yazdi asked the question as they were nearing the front of the hospital. His question was practical, not impertinent.

“What is your mother’s name?” she asked.

“Afshan.”

“That will do.”

“All right, Afshan.” He began to limp. “We’re going in to inquire about my foot. We will require X-rays.”

She nodded as Yazdi’s phone vibrated. She took it from her back pocket. After leaving the motorcycle, she had put her passport there as well. She could not remember a time when she had traveled so light

“It’s an email,” she said.

Yazdi stopped. “Let me see it, please.”

“Open it so I can see.”

“Fine, fine,” he said impatiently. It was from Sanjar, his deputy. It was a file of photographs with a covering email. Sanjar said he had opened channels with Russian intelligence on this matter. In addition to data, they were making regional satellite surveillance available to them. That was part of program in which Russian electronic intelligence—ELINT—was swapped for Iranian human intelligence—HUMINT—in places like Chechnya, Azerbaijan, and other areas where Muslim infiltrators were needed.

It took long, agonizing seconds to download the images, during which time Yazdi thought of a dozen ways he could have hurt or killed the woman standing next to him. How did the American know he wouldn’t?

Because there are students around, and students are idealistic. Someone would have stopped me. The chances were good I’d be arrested. He gambles her life on the effectiveness of a system.

That was a man who understood the heart of this awful business.

Yazdi enlarged the images as they finished downloading. They showed blurry images of a man, creased and obviously scanned from printed photographs. There were scans of the back as well. The writing was in Farsi.

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