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I can't recall his name"

"Belkaya?"

"Yes, Oskar Belkaya A sociological s were either ht on your taste After your fellow state security agents arrested him at his studio, he was secretly taken to a remote sanitarium outside of Kiev There he was placed in a cocoon, like the ones we have here, for two years With new h biochemistry, his memory was erased and indoctrinated with political concepts ish the President to iovernment"

"But can't you acco with the control implant?"

"The implant, with its computerized network, is extremely complex and liable to breakdown The memory transfer acts as a backup system

Also, our experiments have shown that the control process operates ht hiative response"

"Very impressive," Suvorov said earnestly "And that's the end of it?"

"Not entirely As an anded safety hly skilled hypnotist, will put the President in a trance and wipe out any subconscious sensations he ht have absorbed while under our care He'll also be primed with a story of where he's been for ten days in vivin detail"

"As the A, you have all the bases covered"

Lugovoy shook his head "The huical universe ill never fully understand We may think we've finally harnessed its three and a half pounds of grayish-pink jelly, but its capricious nature is as unpredictable as the weather"

"What you're saying is that the President ht Dot react the way you want him to"

"It's possible," Lugovoy said seriously "It's also possible for his brain to break the bonds of reality, despite our control, andthat will have terrible consequences for us all"

SANDECKER STOPPED HIS CAR in the parking lot of a ston He cli out over the Potoreen water rolled eastward toward Chesapeake Bay He walked down a sagging stairway to a floating dock Tied up at the end was a tired old cla from a deck boom like the claws of some freakish animal

The hull orn froone Her diesel engine chugged out little puffs of exhaust that leaped from the tip of the stack and dissolved into a soft breeze Her name, barely discernible over the stern transom, read Hoki Jamoki

Sandecker glanced at his watch It shoenty minutes to noon