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EAST OF N'DJAMENA, CHAD<br />

There was no direct air service to the city of N'Djamena–not from Fez–so unlike Al-Fulani, who<br />

had a private plane to call upon, Agent 47 had been forced to travel via a number of commercial<br />

connections, thereby losing quite a bit of time in the process. But thanks to some assistance<br />

from The Agency, a driver and a vehicle were there waiting when he landed.<br />

And now, some six spine-jarring hours later, the operative and his paid companions were closing<br />

in on the spot where Al-Fulani and his party had probably spent the previous night. Would the<br />

Moroccan still be there? That seemed unlikely, but 47 hoped to confirm that he was on the right<br />

trail. Especially since the desert was a big place, and The Agency's spy sats had lost Al-Fulani's<br />

convoy during a dust storm.<br />

The sub-Saharan landscape was divided between the bright, almost searing blue of the sky and<br />

the khaki colored landscape that lay sprawled below. The growl of the Unimog's engine<br />

dropped a full octave as Pierre Gazeau shifted down, released the clutch, and guided the truck<br />

up the sand-drifted track toward the next rise.<br />

The Libyan freelancer had thick black hair, a hooked nose, and a three-day growth of beard. He<br />

wore wraparound sunglasses, a sleeveless khaki shirt, and a pair of matching slacks. Black hair<br />

crawled down his arms and darkly tanned legs to a pair of beat-up desert boots. Though born in<br />

Tripoli to an ex-legionnaire and a Tuareg mother, Gazeau had been educated in France, and<br />

spoke English with only a slight accent.<br />

“There are tracks, my friend. Someone else has passed through the area, and recently, too.”<br />

The snub-nosed U90 Mercedes Unimog lurched as the right front tire mounted a large chunk of<br />

rock, the vehicle tilted to the left, and an avalanche of junk slid across the dashboard, ran out of<br />

room, and tumbled into Gazeau's lap. Only the statue of St. Francis remained where it was, his<br />

feet anchored by a dollop of glue, his eyes firmly on the track ahead.<br />

The Libyan rescued one of his many pairs of sunglasses from his lap, placed them on the center<br />

console, and brushed the rest of the mess onto the already littered floor.<br />

Agent 47 held on to a grab bar, and waited for the right tire to pass over the obstacle, before<br />

making his reply.<br />

“I'm glad to hear it. That's a good sign.”<br />

“So,” Gazeau said out of the side of his mouth, “how close are we?”<br />

Agent 47 consulted the Garmin eTrex Vista GPS receiver, checked the readout against a map,<br />

and eyed the dry, rocky landscape ahead.<br />

“The village should be about half a kilometer away.”<br />

Gazeau took his foot off the accelerator, engaged the clutch, and stepped on the brake. The<br />

truck came to an abrupt stop. Dust swirled up and drifted to the east.

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