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"So, someone was able to obtain access to our various computer systems without leaving any traces of doing so."
"Precisely. That is why I've suspended all our operations, other than those here in Greece."
"Could that have been part of their plan?"
"To compel the Institute to initiate a precautionary shutdown?" Downing shrugged. "I doubt it. Everything we've seen so far suggests their information on us i...
Nolan nodded. "And if I were them, I'd want to achieve my objective without leaving any locked-room mysteries."
"Why?"
"Because now we know we're up against something we don't understand. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about that right now-not until Parthenon is over."
"So, how long do we suspend our other operations?"
"Let's decide that after tomorrow morning's preliminary meeting."
"Excuse me: what meeting is that?"
"Just before you returned, the Indonesians called. They are in Athens and they want an early morning confab out here."
"Wonderful way to start the day. One final question: the planning for Riordan's Trojan Horse invasion defense tactic-do we keep working on it?"
Nolan nodded. "We've got to-even if only to continue gathering personnel and prepositioning hidden caches of munitions and other supplies."
"Very well. And what case code do we assign to the operation?"
Nolan stared then smiled. "Case Timber Pony."
"How droll. Goes with the theme, I suppose. Do we need codes for anyone other than Odysseus and Calypso?"
"Yes." He aimed a finger at Downing. "'M' for Mentor."
"'M?' You're giving that label to me, a British overseer of spies? That's either a very bad joke or you have a very poor knowledge of tawdry spy fiction."
"Neither: it's just a code from The Odyssey-and it fits."
"Very well. Any others?"
"Yes. Whoever-or whatever-is responsible for our closed-room mysteries will be-"
"'Circe'?"
"See? You're getting the hang of this." Corcoran tossed back the last of his Metaxa. "And now I will walk off my daily indulgence. Could you get a security de...
Downing reached for the handset of the secure land line. "I'll get you two."
CIRCE
He leaned his brow against the binoculars: two dim figures moved slowly up the drive toward the fading silhouette of the Temple of Poseidon. He leaned back, c...
He turned to face the plate that was perched on the edge of the laundry table. Dominating the center of the unadorned white porcelain dish was a barely dimini...
He turned and leaned toward the binoculars, rotated them to the right. The two figures were already at the end of the headland, walking across the ruin's flat...
He smiled, counted the number of pillars to the right of the two silhouettes, counted the number to the left, checked his watch, wrote it down on his pad. He ...
Still watching, still smiling, he inserted his right index finger under the lacerated skin of the orange and pushed it down toward the base, as far as it woul...
The skin bulged and ripped and released its life in a dense, fragrant spray.
Chapter Twenty
ODYSSEUS
Sounion National Park's meeting facility was hardly what Caine pictured as the setting for a rendezvous with global destiny. Collages of photographs sent by app...
But first, the facility would host a brief session with disgruntled representatives from Indonesia. Nolan, who had told Caine about the meeting the night befo...
The Indonesian delegation had already arrived, dominated by a squat, late-middle-aged man. As they approached the central table, another, ethnically mixed con...
"Bloody hell," Downing whispered.
-which was fortuitously-or was that carefully?-drowned out by Nolan's loud and expressive, "Vassily! You're early today-and you brought company."
Vassily Sukhinin-Nolan's Russian equivalent, and old comrade from the Highground War, if Caine remembered his reading-frowned apologetically. "I bring this co...
Nolan turned toward the leader of the new and apparently unexpected group: a spare, immaculately tailored man of youthful middle age, flanked by two nondescri...
"Robin Astor-Smath. It's rather pleasant not being known on sight."
Astor-Smath. Robin Astor-Smath. CoDevCo. From the news in the car just yesterday.
Nolan gestured toward a seat at the table. "To what do we owe the honor of this unexpected visit?"
"That is a gracious question-particularly since I must assume you had a hand in ensuring that corporate entities were excluded from the proceedings."
"The proceedings, Mr. Astor-Smath, were initiated on behalf of the citizens of the world's nations. And it is solely on that basis-the lawful and sovereign re...
"All of those shareholders are citizens with equal rights."
"True, but not all of the world's citizens are equally privileged shareholders-and that is the crucial difference. You represent the interests of a very privi...
"Well, Admiral, we'll see if that distinction holds up after you hear what my friends from Indonesia have to say this morning. I imagine you may have met Indo...
The squat, late-middle-aged man nodded.