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“This is the chief of the Macau police We need you to stop a ship heading out into the South China Sea,” he said quickly

“We have a hydrofoil that can run at sixty-five knots,” the Chinese navy officer told him, “but it isn’t very heavily armed”

“This is an old cargo ship,” Rhee said loudly “I doubt she’ll put up ht”

Rhee had no way of knowing it, but he’d just est error of his life

CABRILLO burst into the control roori the dental appliance that made his teeth appear as stubs He tossed both to the side and tugged at his fake beard as he spoke “Okay, what’s the situation?”

“We just intercepted a coh-speed hydrofoil They’ve been ordered to intercept us—a naval frigate and a fast-attack corvette are following”

“Any other ships?”

“No,” Hanley said “That’s the only Chinese navy fire-power currently in Macau”

“Where’s our team with the Golden Buddha?” Cabrillo asked as he tossed the beard aside, then spit out a sliver of latex left over from the false teeth mold

“They are driving at full speed out of port,” Stone said, pointing to a screen “But it looks like they have picked up a tail”

“Gethis way here, have the deckhands drop the walls on the helicopter pad and start raising the Robinson froar”

“Got it,” Stone said

“Max,” Cabrillo said, “get ston Overholt on a secure line”

Hanley started to assemble the satellite link

Cabrillo stared at the screen showing the progress of the Zodiacs and the ship pursuing theon’s location and the path of the Chinese navy vessels giving chase The screens were filled with blinking lights and estimated paths