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The co billions upon billions of records, cross-referencing the for any link, connection, or bit of data they ht have missed Finally, it spoke:

“No ful influence on this project can be derived from Daniel Watterson’s post-1905 actions,” it said “One statistical improbability detected”

Yaeger turned toward the main screen “What would that be?”

“According to obituary records, Daniel Watterson and General Harold Cortland both died on the same day Their deaths occurred in separate states and from different causes However, both obituaries were exactly fifty-one words in length and contained identical phrasing, except for the name of the deceased, cause of death, and location Statistical probability of that occurring, considering the difference in their ages, occupations, and domiciles, computes to less than01 percent”

Pitt and Yaeger exchanged glances “Sounds like I’ll be nudging the NSA’s database,” Yaeger said

“Soet permission,” Pitt noted

Yaeger nodded “Re rocks at Leavenworth”

TWENTY-TWO

Pacific Voyager

2,400 miles southwest of Perth

Patrick “Padi” Devlin stood on the black-painted deck of the sailing aboer The as bitterly cold as it whipped around the front of the ship Sleet had begun spitting froray sky, and mist in the air had reduced visibility to less than a mile for the past few hours

Devlin pulled his coat tight, shoved his hands deep into his pockets, and wished o back inside

“Thank you for lettingbehind him: Janko Minkosovic, his old crewmate and current jailer

“I can’t see any har to swim back to Jakarta”

“I noticed you didn’t extend the same courtesy to the others in the hold”