Amazon Impunity by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2013-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso

JACK GRIMALDI LIFTED off in his Bell UH-1 Iroquois right on schedule. He had agreed to be on station at the LZ by ten, an hour’s flight from Marechal Rondon International Airport. Bolan should be waiting with the people he wanted Grimaldi to clear out of the way, then Bolan could proceed with spoiling Joaquim Braga’s day.

Grimaldi had already touched base with the U.S. consulate in São Paulo, warning an attaché there that two Americans had met with trouble in the Mato Grosso and would need assistance—or some counseling about their options for the future. Names would have to wait, and Grimaldi was sketchy on the details. He couldn’t tell the lady he had spoken to exactly how he’d met the folks he would be bringing in or what the nature of his business was. When pressed, he’d cited national security and referred her to a cut-out number that would put her through to Stony Man but still remain untraceable. Whatever happened to the jungle stragglers after that was none of his concern.

None of Bolan’s, either, once the field of fire was clear.

Grimaldi’s second flight over the jungle in as many days was not relaxing. Even though he felt his best when flying, always had since learning in the army long ago, there were too many variables this time for his mind to be at ease. Bolan was off script with the current rescue mission, had already clashed with Braga’s men then disengaged to babysit the hostages. That wouldn’t stop the narco-trafficker from hunting Bolan, putting the master plan at risk.

Grimaldi knew the basics: Braga in his old friend’s crosshairs, with a major cocaine shipment flying in this afternoon. The strike was meant to be coordinated, taking out the cargo and the drug lord’s army in a single stroke. No minor operation, that. It was a challenge even for a fighting man of Bolan’s capability, but the distraction forced upon him by a pair of innocent civilians jeopardized the timeline.

Which meant jeopardizing Bolan’s life.

So, what else was new? Grimaldi had backed Bolan’s play on dozens of desperate missions, each with the potential for ending Bolan’s life. He’d never seen the big guy hesitate to help someone in need, even when doing so increased the odds against him. In another time and place, another war, that tendency had seen him nicknamed Sergeant Mercy, even while he had earned his designation as the Executioner.

Split personality? Not even close.

Bolan had always seemed to know exactly what he wanted out of life. He might not have welcomed it—back in the days when he’d lost his family to tragedy, embarked on the path to vengeance and then to a more noble pursuit—but once committed to the fight, he had not wavered.

Grimaldi called him a hero, the old-fashioned definition of that term, before it was applied to anyone who ever donned a uniform, whether or not they’d been tried by fire. These days, it seemed some people thought they were heroic just for

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