s commercial terminal was a chaotic sea

nnoticed, were two five-year-old childr

ight, serious line. In his small hands, he held a heavily modified, encrypted satellite phone. His

ched a ragged teddy bear to her chest. Beneath her oversized pink sunglasse

You little

shoved her way through the crowd. She wore combat b

s and pulled both kids

ther's head of security to smuggle you onto a private cargo flight? And forged my signature

too mature. "Mommy came back to New York alone. She is walking into enemy territor

tle pocket and pulled out a square of artisanal

tie Sloane," Jaylynn chirp

suitcase. "Get in the car before someone sees your face, Ja

of her armored Land Rover Defen

heavily secured, industri

z unzipped the Rimowa suitcase. It wasn't full of c

monitors hooked up on the kitchen island. Lines

out a handful of micro-listening devices and signal jammers, methodically

k on the table. "Alright, cybe

eyboard. A 3D wireframe model of the Savage T

d. He has the best intelligence network in the c

ustom-built polymorphic virus directly

r cybersecurity center

ared. "WARNING: CRITICAL BREACH" fla

nocking. Kingston was pacing behind his desk, wa

e under attack! Someone is systematicall

shoved Max aside and marche

earch query for "Echo," "JFK private arrivals," and "Euro

in server screen

a little demon wearing sunglasses. The demon unzipped its pants

n, bold white text

wall is pathetic. Better

he engineer's desk. The coffee mug

veins in his neck bulging. "I want th

he IP is bouncing through forty different proxy servers

atched the "Trace Failed" not

a terrifyingly accurate copy of

gh-definition CCTV footage along the highway leaving JFK

, scrolling through the guest lists of New York's upcoming

rmal. But the damage was done. Every digital trace of

the blank screen.

pable of crippling Wall Street's best security only

to Max, his ey

"Lock down the city. Put men at every luxury hotel, every high-end restaur