Literature

The answers he got were hard to swallow. Apparently the CIA had been prepared to move on this cell months before and was simply waiting for the high-res satellite photos…

As they walked to the elevator, the old man said, “Sometimes all it takes to unravel something is a single strand. Perhaps we can find a way to eat away…

The old man turned off the television. “NASA claimed Dr. Harper was not feeling well that night.” He paused. “I happen to think Harper was lying.” Lying? Sexton stared, his…

Ekstrom felt his muscles stiffen. What the hell is a submarine doing directly off the coast of Ellesmere Island without my knowledge? “Did you see what direction the aircraft flew…

“Holy shit!” The pilot pulled back on the stick, jolting upward. The black mountain of steel rose before them out of the waves without warning. A gargantuan unmarked submarine blew…

“Obviously, this is devastating for the senator,” the analyst was saying. “The President and NASA have claimed an incalculable triumph with this discovery. News like this would revitalize the President’s…

Pickering seemed to consider this a long time, gently stroking his tie. “And yet taking into account the amount NASA has to gain from this discovery right now, the apparent…

The chamber looked like a walk-in closet whose ceiling, walls, and floor had been completely covered with foam spires jutting inward from all directions. It reminded Rachel of a cramped…

“Ms. Tench?” the transparent voice on the line said. “William Pickering, here. To what do I owe this honor?” Tench could hear the television in the background-NASA commentary. She could…

In about five minutes the President would introduce Ekstrom and his NASA staff. Then, in a dramatic satellite linkup from the top of the world, NASA would join the President…

“I have an emergency!” The operator was breathless. “… phone call for the President.” Tench looked incredulous. “Not now, you don’t!” “It’s from Rachel Sexton. She says it’s urgent.” The…

“Where… are we?” Rachel managed, the simple act of trying to speak bringing on a crashing headache. The man massaging her replied, “You’re on the medical deck of a Los…

“He’s breaking the law,” Gabrielle said. Isn’t he? “Or so Marjorie Tench would have you believe. Candidates accept behind-the-scenes donations all the time from big corporations. It may not be…

A leviathan was rising from the water beside the iceberg, breaching the surface with an ominous hiss. Like some mythical sea monster, it came-sleek, black, and lethal, with water foaming…

The technician sitting at the oscillator screen in the sonar room was one of the best in the world. His mind was a dictionary of sounds and waveforms. He could…

THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD… THUD… THUD… THUD. THUD. THUD. “There’s… no time… ” Tolland said. It’s not… about us, she thought. It’s about the information in my pocket. Rachel pictured…

Only fifteen feet away, Gabrielle Ashe stood in the shadows, rigid. From the den came the harmonious clink of crystal snifters and the crackle of the fire. 58 In a…

“A decade. And not only is the NASA space station not yet fully operational, but the project so far has cost twenty times your bid. As an American taxpayer, I…

With calm bred from the performance of countless executions, Delta-One dialed a ten-second delay into the grenade’s screw-dial, slid out the pin, and threw the grenade down into the chasm….

Marjorie Tench’s raspy voice echoed in her mind. Are you aware that Sexton is accepting bribes from private aerospace companies? Gabrielle’s pulse began racing as she gazed down the darkened…