The Chameleon Factor. Don Pendleton

      

      “WE HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED ON A MAJOR LEVEL, AND BY A PROFESSIONAL.”

      The President raised a hand to massage his temple. “As of this moment, our unknown thief owns a billion dollars’ worth of American technology.”

      “Orders, sir?” Brognola asked grimly.

      “Search the wreckage and find out who stole the Chameleon—or if nobody did. Maybe this is all a gigantic coincidence. They do happen sometimes.”

      “If it is not a coincidence, sir?”

      The President leaned closer to the screen. “Then get the Chameleon back at any cost. Get it back, Hal. And if that proves impossible, then destroy the prototype.”

      “Sir?” Brognola said, putting a world of questions into the single word.

      “You heard me. I’ll eat that billion dollars, and another billion on top, if that’s what it takes to keep the U.S. safe. The Chameleon is dangerous enough in our hands. But at least we have checks and balances in our government. However, under the control of a terrorist group, or rogue nation, we’d never even know what was happening until Manhattan, L.A. or even D.C. was blown off the face of the map with millions dead.”

      Other titles in this series:

      STONY MAN VIII

      #9 STRIKEPOINT

      #10 SECRET ARSENAL

      #11 TARGET AMERICA

      #12 BLIND EAGLE

      #13 WARHEAD

      #14 DEADLY AGENT

      #15 BLOOD DEBT

      #16 DEEP ALERT

      #17 VORTEX

      #18 STINGER

      #19 NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

      #20 TERMS OF SURVIVAL

      #21 SATAN’S THRUST

      #22 SUNFLASH

      #23 THE PERISHING GAME

      #24 BIRD OF PREY

      #25 SKYLANCE

      #26 FLASHBACK

      #27 ASIAN STORM

      #28 BLOOD STAR

      #29 EYE OF THE RUBY

      #30 VIRTUAL PERIL

      #31 NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR

      #32 LAW OF LAST RESORT

      #33 PUNITIVE MEASURES

      #34 REPRISAL

      #35 MESSAGE TO AMERICA

      #36 STRANGLEHOLD

      #37 TRIPLE STRIKE

      #38 ENEMY WITHIN

      #39 BREACH OF TRUST

      #40 BETRAYAL

      #41 SILENT INVADER

      #42 EDGE OF NIGHT

      #43 ZERO HOUR

      #44 THIRST FOR POWER

      #45 STAR VENTURE

      #46 HOSTILE INSTINCT

      #47 COMMAND FORCE

      #48 CONFLICT IMPERATIVE

      #49 DRAGON FIRE

      #50 JUDGMENT IN BLOOD

      #51 DOOMSDAY DIRECTIVE

      #52 TACTICAL RESPONSE

      #53 COUNTDOWN TO TERROR

      #54 VECTOR THREE

      #55 EXTREME MEASURES

      #56 STATE OF AGGRESSION

      #57 SKY KILLERS

      #58 CONDITION HOSTILE

      #59 PRELUDE TO WAR

      #60 DEFENSIVE ACTION

      #61 ROGUE STATE

      #62 DEEP RAMPAGE

      #63 FREEDOM WATCH

      #64 ROOTS OF TERROR

      #65 THE THIRD PROTOCOL

      #66 AXIS OF CONFLICT

      #67 ECHOES OF WAR

      #68 OUTBREAK

      #69 DAY OF DECISION

      #70 RAMROD INTERCEPT

      #71 TERMS OF CONTROL

      #72 ROLLING THUNDER

      #73 COLD OBJECTIVE

      The Chameleon Factor

      STONY MAN®

      AMERICA’S ULTRA-COVERT INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

      Don Pendleton

      To all of the brave men and women, who do not go

      gently into that good night.

      “It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.”

      —Sergeant Dennis O’Brien, USMC

      “Freedom favors the strong and the wise. May God grant that we stay both.”

      —Carl Lyons, leader Able Team

      CONTENTS

       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