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PART 1 THE EDGE OF DANGER


1

DEATH FOR BREAKFAST

The sea was warm and clear that morning. The silver grey stingray in front of him slowly fluttered away after about ten minutes just lying there, motionless, on the calm white sand.
The scuba diver watched it for a few moments longer then made for the coral reef for one last look before going up.
He floated as still as he could. He didn

Edited by Harry Fawkes, 27 December 2007 - 04:42 PM.

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It was about an hour and a half later when she got back. Bond was still asleep so she decided to have a shower before waking him. She stripped, went into the bathroom and stepped under the cold water. After ten minutes, she certainly felt thoroughly revitalised. Naked, she then went back into the bedroom and got dressed into her underwear.

Edited by Harry Fawkes, 28 December 2007 - 12:52 PM.

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Meanwhile, however, across the ocean, in a country far away from America, the sun was setting behind some mountains in the distance. The solitary grey castle surrounded by trees dominated a hill against a dark sky and looked down imposingly at a wide, black lake that cut through the heart of a large forest.
It was a beautiful building, gothic, very old and overpowering. Smoke curled up from the chimney in the rooftop into the cold, damp air.
Inside one of the castle

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PART 3 CRISIS TIME

1

THE HAJINN

Felix Leiter looked out of the Perspex window of the American Airlines on its way to Miami. There was nothing but thick white clouds below. Chance had it that there was a flight four hours after Bond

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2

OPERATION

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CHASE THE DRAGON

Palermo was situated on the northwest coast of Sicily and was the largest municipality and principal sea haven of the island.
Many of the old buildings there dated back to when Sicily formed part of the Norman kingdom and Bond recalled reading once that the whole place rested in the bottom of a basin created by an extinct volcano.
The flight from London arrived dead on time at 1800hrs. James Bond and Felix Leiter made their way along the crowd of tourists who were on the same plane to immigration where the uniformed officer checked their passports.
Their passports, kindly provided by Manuela back in Miami, were in the names of William Blain and Danny Sinclair.
The first thing to hit them when they went outside was the overwhelming blast of hot summer air. It was heavily scented with the sweet fragrance of olives and lemons being carried by the soft breeze that came down from the mountains on the three sides of the city.

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THE VIRGIN AWAKENING

It took them almost twenty minutes before reaching the auto-strada to Palermo. The mystery girl rode the bike as if the hounds of hell were at their heels, taking a couple of minor roads and tracks, constantly checking in the mirror to make sure they weren

Edited by Harry Fawkes, 03 January 2008 - 12:03 PM.

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5

THE ART OF ASSASSINATION

London in the early hours of the morning was, as usual, having a touch of bad weather and the rain was getting worse. As Bond and Sam came out of the arrivals terminal a black Rover stopped in front of them and the driver, a young Irish man of about twenty-three and dressed smartly in a black suit, came out and greeted them. Bond got the door open for Sam while the driver took her case and moments later they were driving out of Heathrow onto the A30.
They had left Palermo three hours ago after booking by phone two seats on the first flight available out of Sicily to London. It was as they checked in that 007 had become aware that they were being watched. It was instinct more than anything. Not that he was surprised of course. It was obvious that Drago would have all the airports watched.
There had been two hours to spare before the flight so they had dinner in the restaurant on the second floor overlooking the runways during which Sam confirmed that they did indeed have what she called a tail ~ a short man, middle-aged in a dark grey suit. How many more would be shadowing them, Bond had thought? If they were pros, and one could only expect them to be, it would be very difficult to suss them out.
Sam wore a black skirt, which ended just above the ankle and a white silk shirt under a leather jacket, a loosely knotted scarf around her throat. She looked absolutely splendid, he had observed.

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6

REVELATIONS AND PLANNING

Edited by Harry Fawkes, 03 January 2008 - 11:58 PM.

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7

THE FAST LANE

At five o

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8

THE MALTA CONNECTION

Malta, an independent republic of the Commonwealth of Nations, consists of a small group of islands

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9

A COLD EVIL

Sam just sat there. Keep calm, she told herself as she tried to find a solution to this sudden complex problem. This was definitely an unforeseen turn for the worse. She had been so damn sure that the Double

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TIPTOE AND BLITZ

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PART IV COUNTDOWN

1

ON THE EDGE

At 0600 hrs that morning, Marashallo Giancarlo Pawli slowed the Ford Ka and came to a halt in front of the security barrier.
The soldier in the gatehouse looked tired and drawn after a long, boring twelve hours duty there. He got up, wore the dark blue Armed Forces of Malta beret and went out into the fresh morning.
Pawli watched him approach the car and he lit a cigarette. He had a wretched taste in his mouth, mainly from too many coffees and cigarettes that night ~ a whole night awake. He cursed the fact he didn

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2

PRATICA ONE ZERO ONE

Two hours later, 007, Sam and the Colonel were on the Lear jet on their way to Pratica through the bright blue sky.
Just before leaving the hospital, Bond had spent some time with Felix and had left him, on the small locker beside his bed, the book he had found back at the villa. It just seemed the thing to do, he had thought.
Felix lay there, unmoving, no signs of recovery at all. Would he make it? The voice inside Bond

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AFTERMATH


Twenty-five minutes later, the Lear Jet landed at a US airbase in Sicily called Sigonnella. On their way to Catania airport the pilot had tried to contact Pratica again but the only thing he got back from the radio was static. They were ten minutes away from the airport when the air traffic controller instructed them to change course. When the pilot had enquired about Pratica they had simply told him that they did not have any information why Pratica was off the air as of then.
Two American MPs drove them to a single storied building where they showed them to a couple of rooms similar to the one Bond was given at Pratica. They were all told that someone from the British Embassy in Rome was coming down to see them. That was the last 007 saw of Captain Havers and his men, for he was assigned a room to himself.
Now, James Bond sat down on the side of the single bed, a depressing weight on him. He sat there staring into space, refusing to think of anything; refusing to believe anything.
It was an eternity and at least ten cigarettes later when there came a knock on the door. He had lost track of time and he glanced at his watch: 0300 hrs.

Edited by Harry Fawkes, 10 January 2008 - 12:24 PM.

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THE DEATH OF A DOUBLE