Dark Winter by Anthony J Tata

Author:Anthony J Tata [Tata, Anthony J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781496717900
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

FROM HIS LEATHER SEAT, GORHAM WATCHED THE CHAOS AT THE REFUEL point, the latitude and longitude of which he passed rapidly to Iranian special intelligence.

“Get a bomber over them. Do something!” he shouted as his ManaBlade exploded but did not achieve the desired effect.

The big man had blocked the shrapnel with his own body. How stupid was that man to risk his life that way?

It was a simple tactical maneuver that did not pay off. That was okay. Gorham had fired a nuclear device from North Korea into the heart of Tokyo. What was one minor setback? Not a setback at all, he figured.

“Relax,” Stasovich said. “They’ll be lucky to make it back alive. And they will come for the girl.”

“I don’t know,” Gorham replied. His plane was making its descent into Amman, Jordan where they would be met by the Iranian commander. The commander would then usher him to the command post for an update on how the ManaSats were working in concert with the equipment Manaslu had helped develop over several years.

“They will come,” Kal said evenly.

They landed on a dimly lit runway, dawn still a distant echo to the east. As they deplaned, Gorham noticed black SUVs move silently into position. Soldiers dressed in black uniforms secured his passage from the airplane to the vehicle.

“Welcome, Mister,” said General Solhami, the commander of all forces on the Arabian Peninsula, which was basically the entire Iranian military. He was a tall, broad man with olive skin, a trim mustache and beard, and a scar that ran across his nose and left cheek. It was almost certainly from a downward slash of a knife.

Gorham must have stared at it too long, because Solhami said, “Combat. This is what you want to see, right?” The general touched the scar on his cheek and smiled.

Combat was what Gorham wanted to see—real soldiers in action on his behalf, as if he were the commander in chief of these men. Soon, he would be. His global empire would include Iran and every other country.

“Thank you, General. I know you have a fight happening. We are here to make sure that all is functioning smoothly with ComWar and RAIL,” Gorham said.

“I see you have another guest,” Solhami said when he saw Kal walking down the airplane steps.

She turned and looked at him, smiling. “Hello, General. We meet again.”

Who was she, Gorham wondered?

“It is very good to see you, as well. I’m glad you are still alive after the last incident.”

“Did you ever seriously doubt? Plus, they’re not getting rid of me, yet. I’ve got Mr. Gorham to take care of for the time being,” Kal said. “We have a world to conquer.”

Gorham watched the interchange and began to suspect that she was a shadow in plain sight.

Solhami turned back to Gorham. “Okay. We do this my way.”

As he ushered Gorham and Kal into the armored car, Gorham noticed the disapproving look on Solhami’s face when he saw Stasovich hustling Captain Cassie Bagwell out of the airplane.

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