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“No, I think it will That’s the problem”

Without knowing exactly where Overholt would be or how the diving bell would be booby-trapped, the ood bit of improvisation Since Linda was still out of co the Noe sub to approach twenty miles off Buenos Aires and launch the Nomad It would take more than three hours to reach the

harbor at itsspeed Eddie and Linc would also be on board the sub At the said-Hulled Inflatable Boat, or RHIB, an extre boat favored by Navy Special Forces around the world Murph was in the process of adding so to take the RHIB alone into Buenos Aires Harbor to receive the further instructions from Tate

Once the sub and RHIB were away, Max was going to take the Oregon to the supposed vicinity of the Kansas City’s sinking southeast of Montevideo, only a hundred fifty miles away across the Rio de la Plata estuary

Getting Overholt out of the diving bell alive would be the tricky part The depth of the harbor averaged thirty feet, so diving on the bell in regular scuba gear wouldn’t be an issue, but Juan expected Tate to bethe location and set to capture Juan thethe location That’s why Juan would be offering up an eye-catching distraction A very risky distraction

“We’ve gone over all the options,” Juan said, “and all of the other plans have less chance of success This is the only way to save Lang and stop Tate I have to do this”

They were passing the ship’s are when Max stopped and frowned at him Then he le-lane, twenty-five-yard-long range where they tested weapons andproficiency Max closed the door behind them

“All you’ve told us is that Tate is a traitor to the CIA who deserved to go to a Chechen prison Now he’s after us What happened between you two?”

Juan sighed “I’m not proud of how I handled the situation”

“Why?”

“I worked with Zachariah Tate for ent I ever et us out of the ine He’s fluent in Russian like I aht”

“What rong?”

“He did” Juan shrugged “I don’t know Maybe he was born in the wrong country Ortime Or both He would have thrived in any nuol horde to Nazi Gernized too late that he was a complete sociopath No means was off-limits if it achieved the ends he wanted”

Juan stared off into the distance as he remembered the last time he saw Tate

“You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” Max said