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Chapters (145)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Part One: Acts of War
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-one
  27. Chapter Twenty-two
  28. Chapter Twenty-three
  29. Chapter Twenty-four
  30. Chapter Twenty-five
  31. Chapter Twenty-six
  32. Part Two: By the Rivers Dark
  33. Chapter Twenty-seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-one
  38. Chapter Thirty-two
  39. Chapter Thirty-three
  40. Chapter Thirty-four
  41. Chapter Thirty-five
  42. Chapter Thirty-six
  43. Chapter Thirty-seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-nine
  46. Chapter Forty
  47. Chapter Forty-one
  48. Chapter Forty-two
  49. Chapter Forty-three
  50. Chapter Forty-four
  51. Chapter Forty-five
  52. Interlude One
  53. Chapter Forty-six
  54. Chapter Forty-seven
  55. Interlude Two
  56. Chapter Forty-eight
  57. Chapter Forty-nine
  58. Interlude Three
  59. Chapter Fifty
  60. Chapter Fifty-one
  61. Interlude Four
  62. Chapter Fifty-two
  63. Chapter Fifty-three
  64. Chapter Fifty-four
  65. Chapter Fifty-five
  66. Chapter Fifty-six
  67. Interlude Five
  68. Part Three: The Blood of Angels
  69. Chapter Fifty-seven
  70. Chapter Fifty-eight
  71. Interlude Six
  72. Chapter Fifty-nine
  73. Interlude Seven
  74. Chapter Sixty
  75. Chapter Sixty-one
  76. Chapter Sixty-two
  77. Interlude Eight
  78. Chapter Sixty-three
  79. Chapter Sixty-four
  80. Chapter Sixty-five
  81. Chapter Sixty-six
  82. Chapter Sixty-seven
  83. Interlude Nine
  84. Chapter Sixty-eight
  85. Chapter Sixty-nine
  86. Chapter Seventy
  87. Chapter Seventy-one
  88. Chapter Seventy-two
  89. Chapter Seventy-three
  90. Interlude Ten
  91. Chapter Seventy-four
  92. Chapter Seventy-five
  93. Chapter Seventy-six
  94. Chapter Seventy-seven
  95. Chapter Seventy-eight
  96. Chapter Seventy-nine
  97. Chapter Eighty
  98. Chapter Eighty-one
  99. Chapter Eighty-two
  100. Chapter Eighty-three
  101. Chapter Eighty-four
  102. Chapter Eighty-five
  103. Chapter Eighty-six
  104. Chapter Eighty-seven
  105. Chapter Eighty-eight
  106. Chapter Eighty-nine
  107. Chapter Ninety
  108. Chapter Ninety-one
  109. Chapter Ninety-two
  110. Chapter Ninety-three
  111. Chapter Ninety-four
  112. Chapter Ninety-five
  113. Chapter Ninety-six
  114. Chapter Ninety-seven
  115. Chapter Ninety-eight
  116. Chapter Ninety-nine
  117. Chapter One Hundred
  118. Chapter One Hundred One
  119. Chapter One Hundred Two
  120. Chapter One Hundred Three
  121. Chapter One Hundred Four
  122. Chapter One Hundred Five
  123. Chapter One Hundred Six
  124. Chapter One Hundred Seven
  125. Chapter One Hundred Eight
  126. Chapter One Hundred Nine
  127. Chapter One Hundred Ten
  128. Chapter One Hundred Eleven
  129. Chapter One Hundred Twelve
  130. Chapter One Hundred Thirteen
  131. Chapter One Hundred Fourteen
  132. Chapter One Hundred Fifteen
  133. Chapter One Hundred Sixteen
  134. Chapter One Hundred Seventeen
  135. Chapter One Hundred Eighteen
  136. Chapter One Hundred Nineteen
  137. Chapter One Hundred Twenty
  138. Chapter One Hundred Twenty-one
  139. Chapter One Hundred Twenty-two
  140. Chapter One Hundred Twenty-three
  141. Chapter One Hundred Twenty-four
  142. Chapter One Hundred Twenty-five
  143. Epilogue
  144. Also by Jonathan Maberry
  145. About the Author

Bug cut in at this point. “Now it gets tricky, Boss, because some entries aren’t in ciphertext—they’re simple two letter abbreviations. Like a personal shorthand. We were able to identify five of them because we already know where those nukes are. The codes are B/I, A/S, T/P, and L/A. That has to be Beiji oil refinery in Iraq, the Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia, the Toot oilfield in Pakistan, and the Louisiana platform in America.”

“What are the other three codes?”

“V/I, M/S, and J/I,” said Circe. “We’re running pattern analysis but so far we haven’t figured it out.”

Chapter One Hundred Six

Chapter One Hundred Six

Aghajari Oil Refinery

Iran

June 16, 5:44 a.m.

We were twenty feet away.

The major’s hand strayed toward his holstered pistol. The other cops grabbed for the AK-47s slung from their shoulders.

I said, “Hit!”

Ghost went from a tense crouch to full speed in two steps. The bucktoothed major’s gun cleared his holster but that was as far as it was ever going to go because Ghost hit him like a cannonball, catching the man on the meat of his forearm and using all of his canine weight and mass to slam the major back against the edge of the doorway. The major screamed and fell down and out of sight with Ghost atop him.

I can’t run as fast as a shepherd, but I’m no slowpoke. I barreled right for the guards, all of whom made the mistake of taking half a second to gape in mingled horror and indecision. That was a half second too long.

When I was ten feet from them I threw myself into a rugby tackle that plucked two guys completely off their feet. They fell down and I bodysurfed one of them for three yards. I heard Lydia’s footfalls less than a yard behind me.

I hammered the rifle out of one guard’s hand, smashed him across the mouth with an elbow, and rolled sideways off of him and whipped the same elbow around into a backward blow that caught the second officer in the nose.

From that angle I saw Lydia slide into the third guard like Rickey Henderson stealing second base. Her right foot caught him on the shin and chopped his leg out from under him. His body crashed down on hers, but as he landed she caught his shoulders and turned at the perfect moment, slamming him face down onto the hard floor.