Clancy, Tom - Op Center 07 - Divide And Conquer by Clancy Tom

Author:Clancy, Tom [Clancy, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

and sat down. The first thing Hood would do was contact

Herbert. He had to try to get more information about the

Harpooner's contacts with the NSA. Yet even having the exact

time and location of the cal s would probably not persuade the

president that there was a conspiracy. Hood needed proof. And

right now, he did not know how he was going to get it.

Saint Petersburg, Russia Tuesday, 10:20 a.m.

When he was a cosmonaut. General Orlov had learned to read

voices.

Often, that was the only way he learned whether there was a

problem with a flight. Ground control had once told him that al

was wel with his Salyut space station mission. In fact, pitting

from micro meteoroid dust and a chemical cloud dumped by

the spacecraft's own thrusters had corroded the solar array. The

panels had been so seriously compromised that the station was

going to lose power before a Kosmos ship from Earth was due

to ferry them home. The first hint of trouble came from the voice

of the liaison in ground control. His cadence was a little different

from usual. Orlov already had an ear for voices from the years

he spent as a test pilot. Orlov insisted on being told what the

problem was with the Salyut. The entire world heard the

conversation, embarrassing the Kremlin. But Orlov was able to

shut down noncritical systems and conserve power rather than

wait for scientists to figure out how to realign the remaining

panels while also shielding them from further corrosion. Orlov

trusted Natalia Basov. Completely. But he did not always

believe her, which was not the same thing. There was

something in her tone of voice that worried him. It was as if she

had been concealing something. Just like the liaison at ground

control.

Several minutes after they spoke on her cel phone, Orlov cal ed

the phone registered to Odette Kolker at her apartment. It rang

a dozen times and no one answered. Orlov hoped that meant

she had taken the American with her. Twenty minutes later, he

cal ed back again. This time a man with a slurred voice

answered. In English. Orlov looked at the readout on the

answered. In English. Orlov looked at the readout on the

telephone to make sure he had the correct number. He did. The

woman had left without the American.

"This is General Sergei Orlov," he said to the man.

"Is this Mr. Battat?"

"Yes," Battat replied groggily.

"Mr. Battat, the woman who rescued you is my subordinate,"

Orlov went on.

"She has gone out to try and apprehend the man who attacked

you on the beach. You know who I am talking about?"

"Yes," Battat replied.

"I do."

"She has no backup, and I'm worried about her and about the

mission," Orlov said.

"Are you wel enough to get around the city?" There was a short delay.

Orlov heard grunts and moans.

"I'm on my feet, and I see my clothes hanging behind the door,"

Battat replied.

"I'l take one step at a time. Where did she go?" Orlov told the American he had no idea what Odette's plan was, or if she even

had one.

Orlov added that his team was stil trying to get into the hotel

computer to find out which rooms were occupied by single

males.

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