The three men who had been waiting for him by the fish-stand on Gammel Strand in Copenhagen on that foggy morning of February 10 the three men who were his nemesis. The sun reflected so brightly from its windows that it was impossible for Nicholas to see who was in it but he could guess. Outside, in the wavering May sunshine, the Mercedes had drawn up beside a yellow Volkswagen camper, and parked, with its engine still running. He said, ‘Karin!’ and when there was no answer, ‘Karin!’ again, and reached behind him to untie his apron. He accidentally tugged the stopper out of the old-fashioned porcelain sink, and the soapy water drained away with a sharp and sudden gurgle. He was washing up the plates from lunch when the grey Mercedes 350 SL drew up outside on the cobbled forecourt and he knew at once that they had found him.
‘When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.’ ‘To achieve victory for Communism throughout the world, we are prepared for any sacrifice.’ Senate foreign relations subcommittee on arms control, June 24, 1984 Senator Larry Pressler, Chairman of the U.S. But this should not mean an American guarantee to take up the slack whenever Europe is unwilling to make the required sacrifice.’ We have a duty to help our allies, for a secure Europe serves our common interests. ‘In my view, the defence of Europe is principally an issue of European defence. But he also felt a familiar tightening in his heart, an exhilarating, alarming feeling that he was once again a player in that vast invisible game without rules that game of deception and bluff and sudden extraordinary danger that game without which the world could never be safe, and never be peaceful, no matter how uneasy the peace might be… All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.Ĭharles felt guilty, because he had long ago promised Agneta that he would never get himself involved with intelligence work again. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. The moral right of Graham Masterton to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.Īll rights reserved. This edition first published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by Head of Zeus Ltd First published in Great Britain in 1985 by W.
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