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Chapters (82)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. THIRTY-ONE
  35. THIRTY-TWO
  36. THIRTY-THREE
  37. THIRTY-FOUR
  38. THIRTY-FIVE
  39. THIRTY-SIX
  40. THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. THIRTY-NINE
  43. FORTY
  44. FORTY-ONE
  45. FORTY-TWO
  46. FORTY-THREE
  47. FORTY-FOUR
  48. FORTY-FIVE
  49. FORTY-SIX
  50. FORTY-SEVEN
  51. FORTY-EIGHT
  52. FORTY-NINE
  53. FIFTY
  54. FIFTY-ONE
  55. FIFTY-TWO
  56. FIFTY-THREE
  57. FIFTY-FOUR
  58. FIFTY-FIVE
  59. FIFTY-SIX
  60. FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. FIFTY-NINE
  63. SIXTY
  64. SIXTY-ONE
  65. SIXTY-TWO
  66. SIXTY-THREE
  67. SIXTY-FOUR
  68. SIXTY-FIVE
  69. SIXTY-SIX
  70. SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. SIXTY-NINE
  73. SEVENTY
  74. SEVENTY-ONE
  75. SEVENTY-TWO
  76. SEVENTY-THREE
  77. SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. SEVENTY-SIX
  80. Praise for Blood in the Water
  81. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  82. Newsletter Sign-up

Cormack immediately began shooting with both guns. He aimed halfheartedly, directing the shots toward the entryway. His focus was not necessarily to hit anyone; rather he wanted to shoot as quickly as possible to give the impression that there were numerous men engaging in the attack. It took less than thirty seconds for him to empty the guns—twenty-two shots in all. By then, the three guards had regained some of their faculties and were struggling to get back into the bunker. It looked as though, even without aiming carefully, Cormack might have hit one of the guards in the shoulder, but he couldn’t be sure. As Cormack ran out of bullets in his first set of clips, he reached down and picked up another flash-bang. He pulled the pin and threw it, looking to hit the ledge just outside the entryway. His aim was off, though, and the flash-bang hit the cement above and to the left of the entryway.

Cormack swapped out the two empty clips in his guns for two new ones, and resumed shooting as quickly as he could. Again, it took less than thirty seconds to unload both guns, and there was no one visible outside of the fort’s entrance at that point, but Cormack didn’t care. He needed to keep up the attack and commotion. It was the only chance.

Once the second set of clips were exhausted, Cormack reached down for the third flash-bang—the last of his weapons. At this point, there was a steady volley of gunfire shooting blindly out from the entryway, and he hoped that Soh’s men would mistake their own gunshots for a combination of assault and defense. He pulled the pin on the flashbang and threw it toward the cement entryway. It went off, and the shooting from the entryway quieted briefly, and then picked up again in earnest.

He took a last look at the stone passage, gunshots firing out from the breach in the metal door. His assault had lasted for less than two minutes. It was the best he could muster, though. He prayed that it would be enough.

Cormack knew that Soh and his men would realize quickly that there was no more shooting, and he had little doubt that they would emerge from the fortress quickly to give chase. There would be several of them coming after him, and he no longer had any weapons to fight back with. The odds of him making it to the boat before Soh’s men had a line of sight on him were low, but he had to try. With any luck, Diamond was already out of the bunker and headed to the boat with Cicero and Buddy, but he knew the odds that the plan had been successful were also low.