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82 | John W. Warner IV power system. Very strange. Ill bet their range is pretty good for a big tank, and thats important. Everyone has fuel supply problems. Mum, you sound like an expert to me, said Takuta, scrubbing. As a pilot, I enjoy mechanical stuff on occasion. Especially new German designs; bit of […]

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 83 The three of them had a duty to perform nevertheless, and she mixed that into the dough, kneading it over and over with the stark reality. She couldnt just leave without performing some type of bellicose action, no, not that, it just wasnt her modus oferandi. She craved some fun,

84 | John W. Warner IV We could Takuta exploded. Fuck all that! With respect, mum, I lost a lotta mates at Tobruk, hundreds. I want to kill as many of these bastards as I can, not blow up a single lorry and call it a day. Revenge is never a good battle tactic, nor

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 85 Gawfa looked to his boots, part of one sole was coming apart. There is a Tuareg caravan camped two kilometers south of town a man told me, but they are known for being shrewd traders and unforgiving slavers. Good warriors, oui, but tough negotiators. They dig fine wells. I dont

44 | John W. Warner IV roasting by trained butchers, the cutters. The lead priestess in a Medusa mask began to carve a slice of crackling skin and meat from a thigh with an ancient short sword, the burned rosemary carefully planted in the flesh looking like little trees after a forest fire. A dark

Lion, Tiger, Bear Brigadier McMaster had finally gotten his wish for a full-fledged training program back in England. The two men grabbed their rucksacks, ammo belts, and rifles from the back of the slow-moving cart; one Ml Garand, one Enfield carbine, cocked and ready. Dark blue plateau berets were donned, borrowed Portuguese uniforms creased and

46 | John W. Warner IV Aye, sir. Si, senor. Baijauna. Charges set, the doors were blown. At each lower entrance, the two-person SOE man and woman team entered and shot the three armed Arab men in tan suits and tall black fezzes that stood guard. Stunned, their return fire was panicked, haphazard, and hit

Lion, Tiger, Bear I 47 the alive but terrified children outside, carrying two on their shoulders. Outside at the entrance gate with an American-issue walkie-talkie, she called for the truck. Sam Hill to Poncho Villa, package ready for pickup. Bernie had picked the missions code words. Understood, crackled the receiver in Spanish. An unmarked panel

48 | John W. Warner IV Bohemian Grove boys in California just love her. Unwashed, unworthy infidel! hissed Arruda, jowls fluttering. Bernie smelled his stained armpits. Actually, youre right. Anyway, nice joint. The polygonal block foundation here Im guessing is far, far older than the monastery built on top of it, some of these stones

Lion, Tiger, Bear | 49 general, old English aristocracy, loaded to the gills, exemplary military record, Ie meilleur, oh my, thats not good, nope, not good at all. One Croatian merchant I think, Nazi party pin, gold, chemicals, and unnamed flammables, and very rich too it says here. Hmm.. .and you, biondie, AEG electricals. Aww-w-w-w,