Dawn by Mel Odom

Author:Mel Odom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

United States 75th Rangers 3rd Battalion

Field Command Post

35 Klicks South of Sanliurfa, Turkey

Local Time 0844 Hours

Staring at the mild-mannered, blond young man on the notebook computer’s LCD screen, Cal Remington was surprised to see that Nicolae Carpathia, president of Romania as of yesterday, looked very ordinary. Carpathia was thirty-three years old, broadchested and photogenic in a pleasant sort of way rather than having movie-star good looks. He moved with compact, athletic grace but acted reserved and interested. While CIA Section Chief Alexander Cody had been arranging the sat-phone/video cam conference call, Remington had gone through intel files that were locked into his personal computer.

Carpathia’s name had been in the news a lot lately, especially as a diplomat promoting the increase of U.N. peacekeeping efforts, but Remington had never thought that Carpathia would be on a firstname basis with a CIA section chief.

The Romanian president stood behind his desk, in full view of the small video cam connected to the desktop computer monitor. The connection was good; pixelization only occasionally blurred the reception. Remington’s belief that Carpathia could deliver the necessary satellite communications grew by leaps and bounds.

“Good morning, Captain Remington,” Carpathia said in a smooth baritone.

“Mr. President,” Remington replied, touching his hand to his hat brim in a quick salute. He had intended to offer that courtesy from the start but was amazed at how easily the response came.

The field command post was a beehive of activity. The techs changed out hard drives of the Crays, using the backup parts that weren’t infected with the virus. Several of them kept an eye on Remington, still not quite sure of what was going on.

“Your people have quite a difficult road ahead of them,” Carpathia said. “Of course, whatever help I may be able to offer will be offered only too gladly.”

“Thank you for that, sir. I’m encouraged by your ability to communicate with me now.”

A slight smile tweaked the corners of Carpathia’s mouth, making him look even younger and very innocent. “Actually, I have a news team in place near your army, Captain Remington. This communication is relatively simple.”

“A news team?” Remington knew some of the media reporters who had been behind the front lines had gathered around the area where the Marine wing had gone down in flames.

“Yes. Would you like to see?”

“I’d like that very much.”

Carpathia walked to the computer and tapped the keyboard. “I am conversant with the computer, Captain Remington, but I struggle with the applications to a degree. Please bear with me.”

“Of course, sir.” Despite the near-panicked need within him to have access to the satellite reconnaissance Cody had promised, Remington felt a little relaxed. Carpathia’s obvious command of the situation was reassuring.

“Ah,” the Romanian president said, “here it is.” He tapped a key. The image on the notebook computer shrank to a two-inch by three-inch rectangle on the upper left corner of the screen. The rest of the monitor filled with video footage that had definitely been filmed at the crash site the LZ had turned into.

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