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Epilogue – Four Months Later   Heinlein has a split screen on his encrypted phone.  On one side he’s watching...Continue reading→

All Roads Lead to Ternopil Ternopil is an Oblast – or Region – in the western part of Ukraine.  Its...Continue reading→

  The Expedient American Panopticon   NSA Operations Center at Joint Base McGuire in New Jersey is like a big...Continue reading→

  The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend   It’s 11:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time in the United States. ...Continue reading→

  Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig – And Not a Minute Too Soon   They’re back in Heinlein’s one-floor 1950’s...Continue reading→

Cyprus   They’re back in New Jersey.  Among familiar things. Say what you want about Europe – for all its...Continue reading→

 Danse Macabre in Valdai   Simon Magus and Longinus also enlist an Mi38 Kazan Executive helicopter to get them up...Continue reading→

A Swiss Miss   Heinlein is kicking charred wood and piles of water-soaked, congealed ash.  His team is directing construction...Continue reading→

  Moskva The only way BratvaVarang Captain Leeds and her twelve-man specialized team cab quickly get to Moscow from Zurich...Continue reading→

Epiphany in the Alps   Bistro Bentrice is elegant.  There’s no other world for it. Old world ambiance, location and...Continue reading→

  Zurich, Switzerland – The Summit   The Gulfstream G700 landed almost eight hours to the minute flight time from...Continue reading→

The Prince of All Liars..   In Winter Belgrade, Serbia is cold.  Especially in the mountainous regions on the outskirts...Continue reading→

Heme   The blazing lights of Manhattan just beyond the Hudson River in the distance light up the entire glass...Continue reading→

  PROLOGUE Darkness – A Parlay in Paulus Hook   Howling, biting November winds rip down the roofline from the...Continue reading→

The Melting Potty – Second of a Series   Question:  So where did this phraseology “Melting Pot” come from? Answer: ...Continue reading→

  The Melting Potty – First of a Series   Let’s get something straight. “E pluribus unum” – from the...Continue reading→

  Questions and Answers – “The Master” Speaks   Heinlein sleeps through most of the next day – straight through...Continue reading→

  Guardians and Immortals   At around 2:15AM Heinlein hears an unmistakable rumbling and mechanical noise up on the roof...Continue reading→

The Cruel Tutelage of Detective Heinlein   Heinlein sleeps late in his assigned accommodations – that are, frankly, magnificent.  He...Continue reading→

The Sanctum Sanctorum   Heinlein feels like he’s going to puke.  Ouzo is a rough high.  The anise spice in...Continue reading→

Tracking the Magus    Heinlein spent the rest of the week chained to a desk in the Homicide Unit filling...Continue reading→