Beyond the Sea--An Event Group Thriller by David L. Golemon

Author:David L. Golemon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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As the American-built Zodiac disembarked the Russian contingent accordingly between the Simbirsk and Peter the Great, Master Chief Jenks immediately removed the Europa system laptop from Charlie’s bag and opened it. As the rubber boat rode smoothly over the soft movement of the strangely colored seas, Jack moved in next to him.

“Europa, was your task completed?” Jenks asked.

“Assigned task completed at 1735 hours, Master Chief.”

“I can’t get used to Marilyn Monroe talking to me.”

Jack smiled as he heard the same argument he had been making since his arrival at the Group eleven years before. “I know how you feel.”

“Europa, run program Chameleon.”

On the small screen, Jack and Jenks watched the system start to scroll. The master chief smiled at Jack, and then he whistled.

“Ooh, good little spy we have here. Be sure to keep her out of my private server.”

Jack watched the specs pop up on the entirety of the phase shift experiment as conducted by the Russians in the mid-’40s, complete diagrams and reports on the completion of the stolen American design.

“There you are. They used unrefined uranium for their power source. Actually, in some areas, the nuclear question was years ahead of the American enrichment program of that time,” Jenks said as the reflection of the findings continued to scroll across the screen and onto his face.

“Yeah, but our boys in New Mexico were going another way with it,” Jack retorted.

“Yeah, and didn’t that make the world a happier, kinder place?”

“Europa wasn’t compromised when she took over the Russian professor’s computer?” Jack asked, always concerned about the security of the most advanced computing system in the world, even if the laptop was only using 0.0001 percent of her capacity.

“Nah, that kid Morales, the new king nerd in the Group, said Europa has never been caught in the act.”

“Good. Now, how does this damn thing work?”

“Jesus, Colonel, do you have an extra three years for me to explain it to you?”

“That bad, huh?”

“Yeah, that bad. This stuff would give Virginia a raging migraine.”

At that moment, the Zodiac lightly bumped the boarding ladder, and the men were assisted to the deck of Shiloh. They were met by Captain Johnson, who looked worried. When Jack made the last step up, Johnson steered him away from the others.

“What’s up?” Collins asked.

“Number one, we tried several times to contact you by radio. We couldn’t raise you. My electronic warfare boys tell me we were being jammed.”

Jack pursed his lips, knowing that the Russians were up to their old parlor tricks again. But why now and why when other Russians were with them in their exploration of the village?

“Can you burn through it?”

“Yeah, now that we know someone is screwing with us, no problem. We’ll set the radios to random and roving frequencies.”

“What else? You don’t seem the type that gets worried over jamming.”

“Two other developments. One—we’re picking up a few sonar readings that we cannot figure out. The computers say they are transient in nature. But it sounds like hammering, voices on occasion, and escaping air.

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