ISBN: 9780373275083

03:09 Alpha. Congo. Monday, September 22 Hunter McBride floated silently through the thick air, the nylon chute above him a dark blot against the star-spattered heavens. As he des… More...

03:09 Alpha. Congo. Monday, September 22 Hunter McBride floated silently through the thick air, the nylon chute above him a dark blot against the star-spattered heavens. As he descended, the sounds of the rain forest swelled to a soft chorus below him. He could hear the shrill chirp of crickets, the hollow drumming of chimps hitting buttress roots of trees as they hunted in the predawn. Moist heat and the rich scent of fecund growth wafted up on soft currents of air as the jungle itself seemed to exhale, alive and hungry and waiting below. His nostrils flared sharply at the familiar scent of primor-dial life. Somewhere down there was the American nurse, Sarah Burdett. And a deadly pathogen. His job was clear. Find the nurse, dead or alive. Locate the pathogen and get it back to the Force du Sable base on So Diogo Island off the coast of Angola, where a level 4 biosafety lab was being set up to identify it. And he had to do it quickly, because the clock was ticking down on a global threat of almost incomprehensible proportions. Failure at any stage of this mission would trigger a series of events that could topple the U.S. government, bring death to millions and end democracy as the world knew it. The Force du Sablea highly secretive and deadly efficient private military company that Hunter had helped foundwas all that stood between the status quo and a grave new world order. And they had until midnight on October 13just twenty-one days from nowto complete what, until they'd intercepted the nurse's distress call, had appeared to be a mission impossible. He double-checked his GPS coordinates and guided his chute toward the Ishonga clinic clearing, skimming over spiked raffia palms and towering Bombax giants that punched up through the forest canopy. The FDS knew the pathogen was being tested somewhere in centralAfrica, but they hadn't been able to pinpoint where. The nurse's Mayday had changed that. Now they had a location, and possibly even a witness if the nurse was still alive. Hunter landed with a soft thud on the packed dirt along the outskirts of the compound. He adjusted his night vision gear and quickly gathered his chute. He removed his combat pack, extracted a respirator, positioned it carefully over his nose and mouth and checked the hose connections. From the intel they'd received, the pathogen was not likely airborne, but they weren't sure. They knew only that it was one hundred percent fatal. He checked his watch and pulled neoprene gloves over his hands. Almost immediately the extra gear peaked his core temperature, and perspiration dampened his torso. The humidity in this region didn't allow a body to cool itself. But Hunter knew how to handle the heat. Guerrilla warfare in tropical climates was his area of expertise. He made his way toward the charred, skeletal ruins of the clinic buildings, where wisps of smoke still trailed up from hot spots. Burned corpses were scattered across the hard Fiction Fiction eBook, Silhouette<

2006, ISBN: 0373275080

[SR: 4830784], Mass Market Paperback, [EAN: 9780373275083], Silhouette Intimate Moments, Silhouette Intimate Moments, Book, [PU: Silhouette Intimate Moments], 2006-09-19, Silhouette Intim… More...

[SR: 4830784], Mass Market Paperback, [EAN: 9780373275083], Silhouette Intimate Moments, Silhouette Intimate Moments, Book, [PU: Silhouette Intimate Moments], 2006-09-19, Silhouette Intimate Moments, The Man: Hunter McBride—he'd buried his past and his emotions long ago to become the ultimate warrior.The Mission: Get the only proof of a deadly toxin out of the Congo jungle—with or without the innocent beauty who possessed it.The Woman Who Changed the Rules: Just one look at Sarah Burdett and long-dead feelings stirred in Hunter's heart. She was just supposed to be part of the package—nothing more. But with every minute counting down to disaster, Sarah showed Hunter how to live again. Could he discover how to love again before their time—and the wo, 13354, Contemporary, 23, Romance, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 13389, Romantic Suspense, 23, Romance, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<