Lion, Tiger, Bear | 201 perform our due diligence and intelligence once in Basra. Hess wouldnt lie to me on something like this, Im sure of it. Yes, I know, blurry photos, Russian pilots, Butch Cassidy, Schafers drunken bragging and tall tales, Vril, Thule, and Alexander the Great.. .but its worth a go in my book and theres no one else anywhere near qualified but us. Other than a few scattered book-swallowers and mental cases, MI-6s entire Occult Division is here in this room, no offense Brigadier. Ive found a reliable Iraqi guide, he knows the people in those mountains, every trail, valley, and goat path. Bottom line.. .if the Nazis drop a big-yield atomic bomb by high-altitude airship on the Allies or England, we might lose the war in a day. London and its surrounding areas would be incinerated with one single bomb. Now, are you three with me heart and soul? Alice slumped. Nothing better to do. Oui, monsieur’? said Gwafa, bolt upright. Bea held her aching head in her hands and moaned: Oh-h-h, it just had to be Schafer. *