Our final ploy, as it turned out, was to subject him to noise and lots of it. He was stripped, sat on a stool, shackled hand and foot to the floor, and then we blasted him with strobe lights and excruciatingly loud rap music with the air-con maxed out.
This was a schoolboy error! He lapped it up. After twenty four hours of that we had to revise our play list. Someone suggested classical music, or country and western might do the trick, in the end it was Giles from the surveillance techies who had the key. He said that while Phoenix was undergoing training he had mentioned a liking for a band called Judas Priest; so we downloaded a few albums and gave it a shot. Rehman was crying like a baby and spilling his guts within six hours.”
“It’s not to everyone’s taste” said Colin with a smile.
“I’ve never heard of these people” said Erebus “but if it worked then we should be grateful. Well, Henry what did we learn?”
“We now have the contacts that Rehman had within the ring they interacted with. A list of names, addresses, land lines and mobile numbers are in a file I handed to Erebus earlier this evening.
The most important information Rehman gave us was regarding the suicide bomb attack on Oxford Circus station. This was a trial run; Al Qaeda plan to strike the capital during the Olympic Games.
They have outline plans for co-ordinated attacks on the Olympic Village which involves the taking of hostages, particularly high profile athletes from around the USA and Great Britain; they also plan to target several medal ceremonies on the same day, as they have identified these as a ‘soft’ target. Lots of flags flying, anthems playing and people more relaxed, happy and subsequently less vigilant. It doesn’t bear thinking about. Copies of all this intelligence will be handed to you as you leave. Thank you.”
The room was silent as the news was taken in. Erebus stood up to indicate that the meeting was at an end. Colin was the only one to speak; it was his final comment on this chapter of his new life at Larcombe Manor:-
“Gold Silver and Bombs”
You have just finished reading ‘The Olympus Project’
This was the first book in the series featuring ‘The Phoenix’ who you now know is our old friend Colin Bailey, the anti hero from my first two novels ‘The Final Straw’ and ‘Unfinished Business’. I tried to kill him off, but my wife was adamant that she wanted to read more about him!
So what do you have to look forward to in the second book ‘Gold Silver & Bombs’?
We left The Phoenix at Larcombe Manor with an old flame rekindled and a new relationship just around the corner. His employers will be selecting his next targets; people who have yet to receive just punishment for the crimes they have committed.
Throughout the book the clock will be ticking. The challenges for The Olympus Group are piling up:-
Tick; will the mole in the terrorist cell provide them with vital information?
Tock: what will happen when the clock reaches July 2012?
Tick: will they be able to stem the flow of extremists being created in Britain’s prisons?
Tock: what will happen when the clock stops in the Olympic Village?
Tick: who will be on the podium in the Olympic Stadium when the clock stops?
Tock…‘Gold Silver & Bombs’ will be on sale in the summer of 2015; don’t miss it!
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