Lion of God: The Complete Trilogy (A Shadow Warriors Prequel Trilogy Book 0) by Stephen England

Author:Stephen England [England, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

12:49 P.M.

Mossad Headquarters

Tel Aviv, Israel

“Three hours, and there have been no further reported sightings of the Iraqi. Shin Bet has alerted their network of informants in the Strip, but thus far,” Eli Gerstman finished, looking up from his notes, “he has yet to resurface.”

Halevy shook his head, glancing over at Avi ben Shoham as he closed the briefing folder. “So essentially, we have nothing.”

Precisely. The cruel irony of an operation that had been doomed from the very outset.

“That’s correct,” Shoham replied slowly, struggling to repress his growing anger in the presence of the Mossad chief, “just as I warned could be the result when the decision was made to completely alter our operational plans at the last moment.”

“Avi—” Gerstman began, but Shoham cut him off, tapping his index finger roughly against the hard wood of the conference table. Raising his voice as he continued.

“We had the people in position. We could have pulled it off. We could have had the Iraqi, here. Instead, as you say. . .we have nothing.”

He leaned back in his chair, his eyes locked with Gerstman’s as the senior officer paused, seeming to choose his words carefully.

“Could have,” Gerstman said finally, placing both of his hands on the table. “Or we could have just easily ended up with our assets caught in the middle of a street riot. Your man took a huge risk, going into the market like that.”

The kind of risk we used to take every day of our lives, Shoham thought, his eyes narrowing as he looked across the table into the eyes of his old friend. “A risk he wouldn’t have had to take if we hadn’t decided to change horses in mid-stream, as I believe our American friends would put it.”

Something had changed Gerstman. Had it been Ramallah? The horror of that day, searing itself into their memories as if with a brand. Perhaps it had changed all of them.

“Speaking of the Americans,” Halevy interjected, clearing his throat as he glanced at Shoham, “have you heard anything further from our counterparts at the CIA, Avi?”

“No, nothing,” he replied, caught off-guard by the older man’s sudden change of tack. “I’ll be meeting Evan Fournier, the Agency’s new station chief, tomorrow for lunch at Hatraklin. It’s something I’ll bring up with him then.”

The Mossad chief nodded. They both knew how such meetings went, the awkward dance of two spies meeting for the first time. And this time complicated all the more by the gravity of the situation they were now facing.

“With the Iraqi once more in the wind, the intelligence the Americans can give us on al-Shukeiri has become all the more vital.” Halevy paused. “You’re certain that they received the message?”

“I’m certain.”

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