Chuck came down the stairs of the basement bar.He stopped halfway until he saw Yeo at the small bar.American expats gathered in groups, telling stories of their travels further East.Chuck joined Yeo at the bar.They kissed each other on the cheeks, as was

Yeo and Ilna were sitting in a café that rested on a barge that was moored to the bank along the Vltalva River in Prague. People were enjoying paddleboats in the afternoon sun in the river. Party boats passed up and down the river. To one side of the river, Yeo could see the small island that still held the youth hostel where Roland was murdered.

Things began to happen quickly when Yeo returned to New York.Ilna had taken an apartment off Central Park. She began painting again. It was her quiet way of coping with it all. But the Yeo she knew now was not the man she had known before.

Deep 6 was in a deep state of upheaval. The entire operation was ordered to focus on one problem that threatened international security.The problem was that no one in Deep 6 could determine what the problem was or where it originated, let alone who was responsible for it. Thirty floors of stone, somewhere in the desert, contained one hundred and eighty people who were running around like chic