The Ambush, Part 6: The Prayer Book
The asset code-named Etienne has prepared his verbal briefing---no notes, nothing on paper---and is delivering it to the senior staff of the service.…
The Ambush, Part 5: The Escalation
The state bureau would now be taking over, in light of the assassination of a high-ranking police administrator. Considering who it was and that…
The Ambush, Part 4: The Philosophy of the Hammer
The new agent was summoned, referred to by only his codename: Etienne. No one knows him. He is apparently a former freelancer who was trained outside…
The Ambush, Part 3: The Surveillance; or, the Vigil Over the Dead
I had a grand production in local media (and even social media, going so far as to make a Facebook Event page for it, to which tens of people…
The Ambush, Part 2: The Colony
Dufort sat at an outdoor table at the café, directly behind his target, an informant for a rival intelligence agency but in the service of the same…
The Ambush, Part 1: The Body
A certain Kirchner was killed a few hours ago and I’m staring at what remains of his head as it spills forth from his prone body on the walk just…
Emperors, Part 3
This must’ve been almost 60 years ago, the start of it. The primary agent eventually became the director of the bureau. But then he was still a…
Emperors, Part 2
The two agents board a flight for Los Angeles, coach, only one checked bag each; the Director of National Intelligence is already applying the…
Emperors, Part 1
“Perception is real, and the truth is not.” --- Dame Imelda Marcos An agent storms across a long tiled hallway, his shoes clack-clack-clacking…
The Twilight Princes
Big Dave offed himself. I’ve only ever known two other people who died; first, my great-grandmother, a sweet and frail woman with a subtle, lilting…
