25 Quotes by C.G. Faulkner

The large helicopter circled the site of the borehole before landing. In his briefing he had learned that this place was a scientific drilling project that had begun in May of 1970, using the Uralmash-4E drilling rig, in an attempt to drill as deep as possible into the Earth’s crust. Apparently after losing the race upwards to the moon, the Soviets were now trying for the consolation prize of downwards to the Earth’s core.

Then it seemed that the Colonel was going on about the Space Race and the Cold War. “…Did you really think that your country’s Apollo 1 disaster was an accident? It is Mother Russia that will conquer these new worlds first, not you! It will be a Red Moon that the West sees at night!

Ethan got some books out of an old trunk. They were history books, some passed down from his great-grandfather Tom through his grandfather Jeb and father Andrew. Ethan expected that he’d pass them on to his own child, one day. History and family trees had always been very important to the Fortner family.

Jeff was a bit surprised. Peter, named for the character in the Russian children’s story ‘Peter and the Wolf’, was Fortner’s most reliable Human Intelligence (HUMINT) asset in the Soviet Union. Fortner had recruited him on one of his early forays behind the iron curtain. He had helped to fake the deaths of Peter’s wife and children and then smuggled them to freedom.

Life had taken unexpected turns for Jeff, though of course he recognized that the CIA was the natural progression for him. Hell, it’s practically the family business…

I apologize for showing up unannounced, son…” the DDO said as he filled and lit his pipe. “But we need you back. You’ve had half a year off. He looked intently at his favorite troubleshooter. “It’s time for Solitary Man to be reactivated.

The third face was middle-aged, with coal-black eyes and a neatly trimmed goatee. He wore an out of style fedora and a poorly-tailored, cheap suit. He was most definitely KGB. The man reached down and pocketed Jeff’s Makarov, and introduced himself. “I am Colonel Vladimir Blagov with state security. Put your hands on your head and slowly stand. You are under arrest.