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Back By Way of Deception
Chapters (84)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Character List
  6. February 2018
  7. Chapter 1
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Chapter 3
  10. Chapter 4
  11. Chapter 5
  12. Chapter 6
  13. Chapter 7
  14. Chapter 8
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. April 2018: (Three Months Later)
  18. Chapter 11
  19. Chapter 12
  20. September 2020: (Two Years Later)
  21. Chapter 13
  22. Chapter 14
  23. Chapter 15
  24. Chapter 16
  25. October 2020: (One Week Later)
  26. Chapter 17
  27. Chapter 18
  28. Chapter 19
  29. Chapter 20
  30. Chapter 21
  31. Chapter 22
  32. November 2020: (One Month Later)
  33. Chapter 23
  34. Chapter 24
  35. Chapter 25
  36. Chapter 26
  37. Chapter 27
  38. Chapter 28
  39. Chapter 29
  40. Chapter 30
  41. Chapter 31
  42. Chapter 32
  43. December 2020: (Four Days Later)
  44. Chapter 33
  45. Chapter 34
  46. Chapter 35
  47. Chapter 36
  48. Chapter 37
  49. Chapter 38
  50. Chapter 39
  51. Chapter 40
  52. Chapter 41
  53. Chapter 42
  54. June 2021: (Six Months Later)
  55. Chapter 43
  56. Chapter 44
  57. Chapter 45
  58. Chapter 46
  59. Chapter 47
  60. Chapter 48
  61. July 2021: (Three Weeks Later)
  62. Chapter 49
  63. Chapter 50
  64. Chapter 51
  65. August 2021: (One Month Later)
  66. Chapter 52
  67. Chapter 53
  68. Chapter 54
  69. Chapter 55
  70. Chapter 56
  71. Chapter 57
  72. Chapter 58
  73. Chapter 59
  74. Chapter 60
  75. Chapter 61
  76. Chapter 62
  77. Chapter 63
  78. Chapter 64
  79. Chapter 65
  80. September 2021: (One Week Later)
  81. Chapter 66
  82. Authors’ Note
  83. “It Was the Perfect Day—Until the Gunfire.”
  84. Behold Israel

Ilyas slammed his fist into Nir’s right temple, and he sprawled to the floor. A hand grabbed Nir by the hair and lifted his head. It was Kamal. “You think you’ve survived this? You’ve only made it much worse, you Jew pig. Now I’m going to call my Iranian friend, and he’s going to bring the professionals. You’re going to wish you had told me what I wanted to know so I could have just put a bullet in your brain.” He threw Nir’s head back down to the cement.

As his vision turned from gray to black, Nir heard Kamal say, “Get the syringe and the trunk. We’re taking a trip.”

Chapter 54

CHAPTER 54

CARL, MOSSAD HEADQUARTERS, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—06:37 / 6:37 A.M. IDT

We lost the tracker,” Liora shouted as she began frantically typing on her keyboard.

Nicole had seen it disappear on her monitor as well. The thought of what Nir must have had to endure for the tiny capsule to be discovered and removed sickened her.

She called out, “Wait ten minutes, then initiate the ping for the secondary.”

She caught Lahav looking at her from across the room. He mouthed the word Sorry, and she nodded.

One of the biggest questions with Nir’s plan had been how to get Kamal out of Doha. Why wouldn’t he just torture Nir until he got his information, then kill him there? As they’d met around the table, Lahav looked at Nir and said, “I have an idea, but you’re not going to like it.”

“When have we ever liked any of your ideas?” Yossi had said with a wink.

Lahav ignored him. “We’re planning on inserting a tracker under your skin, right?” he said, still looking at Nir. “In fact, I put the order in for it this morning. What do you think the chances are they find it?”

“Eighty percent? Ninety?” answered Nir.

“Try one hundred, unless they’re totally dafuk. Everybody watches Netflix. Everyone knows intelligence services chip their operatives. It’s like the one part of action movies that’s actually true.”

“So you’re saying don’t chip me?”

“No, I’m saying recognize that they’re going to find it and turn it to our advantage.”

“How?”

“By chipping you twice. The first one, we’ll expect them to find and remove. Then the second…” Lahav stopped and took a deep breath. “I’m sorry, achi. I just ran past that removal part. That’s going to totally suck for you.”

“It is what it is.”