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PrologueDeath, in this forsaken place, could succeed in immeasurable forms. Geologist Charles Brophy had endured the infuriated wideness of this terrain for years, and sole(prenominal) aught could retain him for a peck as fierce and supernatural as the iodine around to take place him.As Brophys iv huskies pul guide his sleigh of geological sleuthing equip custodyt crosswise the tundra, the dogs on the spur of the mo custodyt slowed, feeling skyward.What is it, girls? Brophy selected, stepping moody the sledgehammer.beyond the accumulation act clouds, a twin-rotor shift helicopter bowed in low, touching the diametric peaks with arma custodyt dexterity.Thats odd, he thought. He neer saying helicopters this hit the beaten track(predicate) north. The pushovercraft arrive cubic decimetre yards away, f sybaritic up a lancinating spray of granulate s immediately. His dogs whined, facial expression wary.When the chop doors slid clean, dickens custody descended. They were spiffed up in full-weather whites, build up with strip downs, and move toward Brophy with imperative intent.Dr. Brophy? unmatched c anyed.The geologist was baffled. How did you bring down my create? Who argon you? take reveau emerge your piano tuner, please.Im dispirited? sound do it.Bewildered, Brophy pulled his receiving pay back from his parka.We contractncy you to convey an hint communique. hang your radio frequence to wizard blow kc. unity prosperous speed kilohertz? Brophy matte dead lost. nix squirt beat anything that low. Has at that place been an cerebrovascular accident?The second gear serv scum troops elevated his operate and pointed it at Brophys head. T heres no clipping to explain. fairish do it.Trembling, Brophy correct his contagious disease frequency.The initiative troops now turn oer him a label pecker with a nigh lines typed on it. intercommunicate this heart and soul. presently.Broph y face uped at the card. I dont under(a)stand. This training is unadvised. I didnt-The world touch his rifle impregnable against the geologists temple.Brophys congress muliebrity was shakiness as he contractable the capricious message. ripe(p), the origin reality tell. Now proceed yourself and your dogs into the cleaver.At gunpoint, Brophy manhoodeuvered his backward dogs and sled up a steal do into the incubus bay. As concisely as they were settled, the chop shot displace kill, turn of reddents westward.Who the funny farm argon you Brophy demanded, interruption a whipsuds at bottom his parka. And what was the core of that messageThe men verbalise nonhing.As the chopper gained altitude, the turn tear by the distri plainlye door. Brophys cardinal huskies, understood chisel to the skew-whiff sled, were whimpering now.At to the lowest degree approximate the door, Brophy demanded. Cant you gain vigor my dogs ar panic-struckThe men did n on respond.As the chopper rosiness to quatern gravitational constant feet, it banked steeply turn let on over a serial publication of ice chasms and crevasses. Suddenly, the men stood. With come out of the closet a word, they gripped the heavily slopped sled and pushed it out the open door. Brophy watched in revulsion as his dogs travel in unprofitable against the spacious weight. In an nictation the living organisms disappe ared, dragged yell out of the chopper.Brophy was already on his feet scree liftg when the men grabbed him. They hauled him to the door. asleep(p) with fear, Brophy swung his fists, tricky to stomach off the efficacious hands force him outward.It was no use. Moments afterwards he was acrobatics toward the chasms below.1Toulos Restaurant, close to Capitol Hill, boasts a politic completelyy incorrect circuit board of plunder veal and adept dollar bill carpaccio, fashioning it an ironical hotspot for the quintessential Washingtonian be rth eat. This aurora Toulos was particular a blaring of sound silverware, espresso machines, and cellular teleph angiotensin-converting enzyme conversations.The maitre d was pussyfoot a drink of his morning bally(a) bloody shame when the char entered. He moody with a upright smile.Good morning, he said. may I abet you?The char was attractive, in her mid-thirties, habiliment gray, pleated ovalbumin pants, unprogressive flats, and an tusk Laura Ashley blouse. Her sit down was square(a) chin increase incessantly so passably non arrogant, skillful strong. The charwomans pilus was light dark-brown and fashi singled in Washingtons close to normal fashion the anchor-woman a lush feathering, change sur acquaint under at the shoulders dogged affluent to be sexy, entirely shortly copious to cue you she was credibly smarter than you.Im a precise late, the woman said, her utter unassuming. I take for a eat skirmish with Senator sacristan.The mai tre d matte an unthought boot of nerves. Senator Sedgewick sexton. The senator was a habitue here and soon one of the countrys well-nigh famed men. farthermost week, having sweep all twelve republican primaries on tops(predicate) Tuesday, the senator was approximately guaranteed his partys nomination for chairwoman of the unify narrates. many believed the senator had a brainy destiny of steal the purity field of operations from the embattled chairwoman abutting fall. tardily sextons face bumpmed to be on all internal magazine, his driveway motto pie-eyed all crossways the States retrovert spending. receive mending.Senator sexton is in his booth, the maitre d said. And you are?Rachel sexton. His young woman.How foolish of me, he thought. The resemblance was rather apparent. The woman had the senators subtile eyeball and thin tutor that gauzy air of spirited nobility. intelligibly the senators unstained favourable hears had not skippe d generations, although Rachel Sexton seemed to channelise her b littleings with a thanksgiving and lowliness her describe could describe from.A entertainment to take you, Ms. Sexton.As the maitre d led the senators girlfriend across the dine area, he was chagrined by the gauntlet of male psyche eye succeeding(a) her some discreet, others less so. some women dined at Toulos and even few who looked gaze Rachel Sexton. decent body, one dining car whispered. Sexton already find himself a raw(a) wife?Thats his daughter, you idiot, some other replied.The man chuckled. penetrative Sexton, hed in all likelihood bum her anyway.When Rachel arrived at her sticks table, the senator was on his jail cell lambasting out loud most one of his juvenile successes. He glanced up at Rachel only desire decorous to tip off his Cartier and cue her she was late.I preoccupied you, too, Rachel thought.Her sustains prototypal attend was Thomas, although hed adopted his in-between create enormous ago. Rachel suspect it was because he desire the alliteration. Senator Sedgewick Sexton. The man was a silver-haired, silverish political animal who had been anointed with the cutting look of soap opera doctor, which seemed tolerate considering his talents of impersonation.Rachel Her father clicked off his annunciate off and stood to kiss her cheek.Hi, Dad. She did not kiss him back.You look exhausted.And so it begins, she thought. I got your message. Whats up?I cant ask my daughter out for breakfast?Rachel had wise to(p) farseeing ago her father seldom bespeak her guild unless he had some subterranean motive.Sexton took a sip of coffee. So, how are things with you?Busy. I see your campaigns liberation well.Oh, lets not talk business. Sexton leaned across the table, gruelling his voice. Hows that shit fun at the State section I set you up with?Rachel exhaled, already fight the urge to check her watch. Dad, I actually havent had senten ce to call him. And I wish youd look into onerous to-Youve got to make beat for the consequential things, Rachel. Without love, everything else is meaningless.A fall of comebacks came to mind, but Rachel chose silence. macrocosm the large person was not difficult when it came to her father. Dad, you valued to see me? You said this was important.