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William W. Johnstone

He's anything but a stupid man. Arrogant as hell, but brilliant in his
own right."

"Where in the hell's he going to bug out to, Boss?" Cooper asked.

"My guess would be South America," Ben replied. "The last word we got
was that there wasn't a stable government in any country down there.
Corrie, tell Mike Richards to send some people into South America. See
what they can dig up."

"Will do."

"No point in pulling out until we've got a few miles of road cleared.
Have the Scouts or any fly-bys found any useable railroad tracks?"

"Negative, Boss. Bruno's people destroyed miles of track and blew the
railroad bridges."

"We can expect the same all the way down," Ben said. "And for the roads
to get worse. We're in for some slow going." Ben opened his map case and
pulled out a map of Gabon, studying it for a moment.

"We'll avoid Libreville," he said. "We don't need to use the port, and
all we'll find is trouble there. Place is filled to overflowing with
sick and dying people." Ben shook his head. "Doctor Chase and his people
say there is nothing we can do for them. Nothing at all. Except let them
die in peace," he added softly.

"Bruno's virus?" Anna said, standing up and sheathing her long-bladed knife.

"Not so much that," Ben replied. "But that is certainly a part of their
trouble. Chase's people say just name a disease, they've got it."

"When are the Israelis going to join us?" Cooper asked.

"They're not," Ben said. "They're fighting on three fronts. We just got
word that a dozen or more Arab resistance groups formed up and began
attacking. The

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Israelis have their hands full. I wished them good luck and told them
we'd handle this. Corrie, radio everyone to stand down and relax. We'll
make this push south slow and careful."

The Rebels pushed off two days later and advanced thirty miles. Then