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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 had pushed the MEP patrol boat to its limits. He had no idea how much time he had. The police radio on the center console was already blaring with reports of the initial explosions at the front of the courthouse. Every emergency responder from every unit of every police, fire, and rescue force in Boston and any nearby town seemed to be headed for the area to help, and to catch whoever was responsible. But Cormack knew they had no assets on the water. He was the only hope to keep Carpio and his brother from escaping into the harbor, and from there to safety.

He barely slowed the boat down as he pulled into the pier by the World Trade Center, a quarter of a mile from the courthouse, to allow Cicero Andolini to jump on. He’d considered pushing the attack on his own—he was worried that even a slight delay in getting to the scene would allow Carpio to escape—but he knew that would be foolish. He couldn’t drive the boat and shoot at the same time, and he knew Carpio’s brother had two well-armed Coast Guard attack boats. Alone, he’d be useless. With Cicero he might not be much better, but at least one of them could drive and the other could shoot. That would give them a glimmer of hope.

“What’s going on, Boss?” Cicero shouted as he landed on the deck. Cormack floored the engines again, and Cicero was momentarily thrown off balance.

“Carpio’s brother’s got attack boats!” Cormack shouted back. “They’re going to try to break him out from the water!” He pointed to the sack on the deck. “There’s guns in there. I don’t know which are loaded, but take your pick!” He was weaving around a cargo ship, and they were fast approaching the pier in front of the courthouse.

“You’re kidding, right?”

“We’ve got no choice, gotta fight with what we’ve got.”

“We’ll be outgunned,” Cicero pointed out, pulling out an assault rifle.

Just then, they saw the missiles go up from the two boats in the harbor, off the shore near the courthouse. They wandered aimlessly for a moment before acquiring their target and heading toward land with purpose.

“That looks like an understatement,” Cormack replied.