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  ‘I –’

  Sarah was about to speak, but Jed had already grabbed hold of her hand. ‘It’s fine,’ he said, his voice low and determined. ‘We just want to get on with our lives. You’ll never hear a thing about fusion again.’ He paused. ‘But I have made notes of all the science technology needed to build a cold-fusion reactor, and if I ever hear from you bastards again, then they’ll be released to the world.’

  Muir started climbing out of the car. Wragg was already walking down the side of the road towards the Audi that had pulled up in front of them. ‘You’re an evil bastard,’ said Sarah, as Muir stepped out on to the dark road.

  Muir shook his head ruefully. ‘You want to watch the lip on that one, nancy boy,’ he said, glancing at Jed. ‘I might shag her if it was dark enough, but I wouldn’t marry the cow. Couldn’t stand the arguing …’

  ‘Watch it,’ muttered Jed.

  He’d already slammed the door on the Bentley.

  ‘How the fuck are we going to get to our hotel now?’ Jed yelled out of the window.

  Muir looked back at them. ‘Ask the muffin,’ he said, nodding towards Sarah. ‘She’s the bloody rocket scientist in the family.’

  Sarah climbed over to the front seat of the car. The keys were still in the ignition. She fired up the engine, and the car purred into action. Glancing at Jed in the rear-view mirror, a smile started to flicker across her face. ‘You know what,’ she said. ‘There’s no technology. I wasn’t even close to cracking nuclear fusion. And neither were the Iraqis.’

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title

  Copyright

  About the Author

  Also available by Chris Ryan

  Acknowledgements

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Epilogue