Doomsday Conquest. Don Pendleton

      

      TRAITORS

      There were few villains Hal Brognola detested more than those who sold out their country, and he didn’t give a damn what the reason.

      A man chooses a side, sticks with his choice no matter what the challenges, the temptations, the internal conflicts that might have him turn his back and seek what might be greener pastures.

      Right then, as he slipped the rest of the sat photos and a copy of Orion’s disk into the manila envelope, the big Fed felt a little sick to his stomach. He gave the computer team a last look. They were hard at it, juggling the action—of the coming and certain firestorms—with professional resolve, skill and determination.

      And with honor.

      For the moment, there was nothing more he could do here, but he had someplace to go in search of possible answers to some dark and troubling realities.

      Other titles in this series:

      #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

      #74 THE CHAMELEON FACTOR

      #75 SILENT ARSENAL

      #76 GATHERING STORM

      #77 FULL BLAST

      #78 MAELSTROM

      #79 PROMISE TO DEFEND

      Doomsday Conquest

      STONY MAN®

      AMERICA’S ULTRA-COVERT INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

      Don Pendleton

      CONTENTS

       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

       EPILOGUE

      CHAPTER ONE

      Whatever the awful truth about the molten storm falling to earth under his command and control, Colonel Ytri Kolinko wasn’t all that sure he cared to know. A veteran of the Afghan war and a staunch believer in the Communist dictates of pre-Wall Russia, he trusted simplicity in all its forms, be it on the battlefield or in the high-tech laboratories of his current post. What the eye saw, in other words, the mind fathomed, whether his hand was dipped in the blood of slain mujahideen or held a test tube with microorganisms from outer space. Grinding his teeth as the warning siren blared, he slung the AK-74 assault rifle across his shoulder. Ignorance might truly prove bliss.

      Or would it? he had to wonder as he torqued himself to a