Retribution - An Eye for an Eye

M.W. Fletcher

Description

The seizing of a British yacht by the Libyans, is followed by the OSC going in to rescue the high profile passenger and the crew. The cost; one of Colonel Gadhafi's sons is killed. A London Bank is raided with the occupants taken hostages. One of the hostages a young woman from Russia is executed in cold blood in front of the television cameras. Three brothers attached to the SPETSNAZ in Moscow whilst watching the world news, recognise the young woman as their sister. Whilst practicing; covering the fourth stage of the Dakar rally across the Libyan section; The Prime Minister's son is taken prisoner by Gadhafi. The British Prime Minister is given a ten-day deadline to comply with a single demand, for the return of her son. In the following days, The Prime Minister comes under attack on her own front door, Downing Street. The Police officer in charge of the Bank heist is also attacked by gunmen. Four men; from two totally different countries want Retribution against the British Prime Minister. This could bring the country into a war with two countries, one of which is a nuclear super power. If ever Max Storm and the OSC were needed it was surely now. Britain's first and last line of offence.

Sujets

• Adventure (Guyana)
• Adventure

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 25 mai 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783334551
• Langue: English

Extrait

Title Page
RETRIBUTION
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
By
MW Fletcher



Publisher Information
Published in 2013 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
The characters and situations in this book are entirely imaginary and bear no relation to any real person or actual happening.
Copyright © MW Fletcher 2013
The right of MW Fletcher to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.



Quote
“Nothing is more common than for great thieves to ride in triumph when small ones are punished. But let wickedness escape as it may, the law it never fails of doing itself justice, for every guilty person is his own hangman.”
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)
Roman philosopher and moralist
(4 BC - 65 AD)



1
The Mediterranean Sea
One mile of the coast of Tripoli
Libya.
Lat = 33 degrees, 33.6 minutes North
Long = 13 degrees, 10.7 minutes East
Wednesday 5 th July 1989
Zero three twenty hour’s local time.
Same time zone as UK
A pair of black coloured eyes was looking through a pair of night vision Zenith 10 x 50 light weight binoculars; that were observing the one hundred and ninety Eight foot long yacht named Sunrise,
Two Rigid raiding crafts (R’R’s) were static riding the one foot sea swell with a full moon above, the temperature was sixty five degrees along with a four mile per hour westerly wind.
The voice behind the binoculars spoke into his Comms unit, “Eagle 3 to ICIS come in over?”
A female virtual voice replied “good morning eagle 3, I have you on satellite?”
“Good morning GAIL , I have eyes on the yacht can you give me a SITREP, over?”
Located back at ICIS, the Intelligence Collating Information Services, near Biggin hill in Kent UK. Existed GAIL , Global Analysis Information Link, a six-foot diameter three-dimensional hologram containing a beautiful female face created by Vince Edwards head of ICIS.
GAIL had the capability to tap into and access any computer system in the world; she does this covertly without the host knowing anything about it, FBI, CIA, Israeli, French and many more intelligence networks.
GAIL is also linked to all the CCTV systems at all the world’s major airports, shipping ports, and other transportation areas, together with access to British immigration and passport services.
At this moment GAIL was in communication with the OSC’s designated satellite Eagle eye; she replied, “Eagle 3 infrared is showing the following, twenty three heat signatures, fifteen are the crew, four are the guests and the remaining four are hostiles over.”
“Anybody on deck over?”
GAIL replied, “Infrared is showing one at the bow one at the aft and one on either side, these two are moving, over.”
“ GAIL can you confirm sunrise as Zero five fifty-eight hours, over?”
“Affirmative eagle 3, sunrise is at Zero five-fifty eight hours, over.”
“Roger that, we are going in, eagle 3 out.”



2
Four days earlier
The Mediterranean Sea
Fifteen miles northeast of Tripoli
Libya.
Lat = 33 degrees, 31.7 minutes North
Long = 15 degrees, 58.4 minutes East
Saturday 1 st July 1989
Thirteen eleven hour’s Local time.
The luxury yacht named Sunrise had left Agios Nickolas in Crete seventy-eight hours previously, and had maintained a steady cruising speed of 15 knots heading for Sfax on the east coast of Tunisia.
She was 198 feet long with a 37-foot beam, with a crew of fifteen and was owned by Maxwell Stanton the British multi-millionaire media tycoon of the UK’s bestselling morning tabloid named Sunrise.
The yacht was flying the Union Jack flag of England.
When the ‘Union Jack’ was first introduced in 1606, it was known simply as ‘the British flag’ or ‘the flag of Britain’, and was ordered to be flown at the main masthead of all ships, warships and merchant ships, of both England and Scotland.
The first use of the name ‘Union’ appears in 1625. There are various theories as how it became known as the ‘Union Jack’, but most of the evidence points to the name being derived from the use of the word ‘jack’ as a diminutive.
This word was in use before 1600 to describe a small flag flown from the small mast mounted on the bowsprit.
From early in its life the English Admiralty frequently referred to the flag as the Union Jack.
Maxwell Stanton had his wife and two children with him. The skies were clear and the temperature was eighty-one degrees Fahrenheit with a gentle breeze.
Stanton was on the forward deck with his family enjoying the sunshine.
The Captain Andrew Wheeler was seated on the curved seating area on the bridge, when a red light on the console began flashing; the ship immediately began to lose speed, the warning light was linked to the twin CAT 3516B DI-TA engines that produced 1600 rpm.
Captain Wheeler ordered a full stop and within five minutes, the yacht had come to a standstill.
Maxwell Stanton had made his way to the bridge and said to the Captain, “What’s the problem Captain?”
“The engines have gone into shut down; we need to check it out sir.”
“Okay Captain keep me posted.”
“That I will sir.”
Stanton made his way back to the forward deck where his wife was waiting, “What’s up dear?”
Stanton replied, “The Captains not sure honey, they have to run some checks, not to worry we have a gorgeous day and we have no deadlines to keep, let’s sit back and relax.”
They both sat down and Stanton looked out to a land mass just visible to the port side, which he knew was Libya.
Stanton remembered his piece of history about the Mediterranean as a Sea, it connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Gibraltar in the west and to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, in the east.
The Sea of Marmara is often considered a part of the Mediterranean Sea, whereas the Black Sea is generally not.
Forty minutes later the Captain came to the forward deck and said to Stanton “we have found the problem sir; the propellers have snagged on some what looks like heavy fishing net, that’s why the engines cut power as a safety precaution.”
“How long are we looking at to free them Captain?”
“The engineering chief reckons one to two hours to cut it free, and then we will resume our journey sir.”
“Thank you Captain,” replied Stanton.
The Captain walked back to the bridge.



3
The Port of Tripoli
Libya
Lat = 32 degrees, 54.8 minutes North
Long = 13 degrees, 11.5 minutes East
Saturday 1 st July 1989 (Same day).
Fourteen twenty hour’s Local time.
The Port of Tripoli is the principal seaport in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and one of the oldest ports in the Mediterranean; it consists of a Coastal Breakwater harbour.
The port covers an approximate area of one point two square miles with a water area of zero point eight five square miles.
Steaming out of the port was a Libyan Navy Assad class Corvette named Al Kalij.
With a standard displacement of 600 tons and a length at 204 feet with a 31-foot beam and a draft of 9.2 feet, the ship moved gracefully out into the Mediterranean propelled by its four shaft MTU diesel engines producing 24,400-horse power, capable of a top speed of 37.5 knots. (23.3 mph).
The ship was armed with a variety of weapons from torpedoes, Surface to air missiles, Otomat anti-ship missiles and 40 mm Breda Dardo guns.
The Captain named Embarek Maziq had received instructions to intercept a vessel that was within the twelve-mile territorial water zone of Libya, the vessel appeared to be drifting towards the coastline, and all efforts to communicate with the vessel had proved negative.
Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, are a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the coastline of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state.



4
The Mediterranean Sea
Nine miles northeast of Tripoli
Libya.
Lat = 33 degrees, 31.7 minutes North
Long = 15 degrees, 58.4 minutes East
Saturday 1 st July 1989 (Same day).
Fourteen forty hour’s Local time.
The ship’s crew had finally managed to cut away the obstruction around the propellers and cleared it away; the Captain had been supervising the procedure and had left one of the crew on the bridge.
As three of the men came out of the water back on deck he looked to the port side and noticed a ship heading directly towards them, his years on the sea quickly identified it as a naval vessel.
Captain Wheeler made his way back to the bridge and found the man he had left had fallen asleep on the chair, he moved forward and quickly nudged him causing him to fall to the floor.
The crewmember looked up at the Captain startled. The Captain looked down at him and said, “this is your last trip with me sailor.”
He quickly looked down at the instruments and quickly realised they were in Libyan coastal waters nine miles of the coast.
Maxwell Stanton had also seen the ship heading towards them and had gone directly to the bridge, he noticed one of the crew on the floor and the Captain looking at the instruments, “what’s going on here Captain, and why ha