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Authors: Russell Blake

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BLACK in the Box

BLACK in the Box

Russell Blake

 

Copyright 2015 by Russell Blake. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law, or in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, contact:

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Contents

Books by Russell Blake

About the Author

The BLACK Series

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Excerpt from Ramsey’s Gold

 

 

Books by Russell Blake

Co-authored with Clive Cussler

THE EYE OF HEAVEN

THE SOLOMON CURSE

Thrillers

FATAL EXCHANGE

THE GERONIMO BREACH

ZERO SUM

THE DELPHI CHRONICLE TRILOGY

THE VOYNICH CYPHER

SILVER JUSTICE

UPON A PALE HORSE

DEADLY CALM

RAMSEY’S GOLD

EMERALD BUDDHA

The Assassin Series

KING OF SWORDS

NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN

RETURN OF THE ASSASSIN

REVENGE OF THE ASSASSIN

BLOOD OF THE ASSASSIN

REQUIEM FOR THE ASSASSIN

The JET Series

JET

JET II – BETRAYAL

JET III – VENGEANCE

JET IV – RECKONING

JET V – LEGACY

JET VI – JUSTICE

JET VII – SANCTUARY

JET VIII – SURVIVAL

JET IX – ESCAPE

JET – OPS FILES (prequel)

JET – OPS FILES; TERROR ALERT

The BLACK Series

BLACK

BLACK IS BACK

BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK

BLACK TO REALITY

BLACK IN THE BOX

Non Fiction

AN ANGEL WITH FUR

HOW TO SELL A GAZILLION EBOOKS

(while drunk, high or incarcerated)

 

About the Author

Featured in
The Wall Street Journal
,
The Times
, and
The Chicago Tribune
, Russell Blake is
The NY Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of over forty novels, including
Fatal Exchange
,
The Geronimo Breach
,
Zero Sum
,
King of Swords
,
Night of the Assassin
,
Revenge of the Assassin
,
Return of the Assassin
,
Blood of the Assassin
,
Requiem for the Assassin
,
The Delphi Chronicle
trilogy,
The Voynich Cypher
,
Silver Justice
,
JET
,
JET – Ops Files
,
JET – Ops Files: Terror Alert
,
JET II – Betrayal
,
JET III – Vengeance
,
JET IV – Reckoning
,
JET V – Legacy
,
JET VI – Justice
,
JET VII – Sanctuary
,
JET VIII – Survival
,
JET IX – Escape
,
Upon a Pale Horse
,
BLACK
,
BLACK is Back
,
BLACK is The New Black
,
BLACK to Reality
,
Deadly Calm
,
Ramsey’s Gold
, and
Emerald Buddha
.

Non-fiction includes the international bestseller
An Angel With Fur
(animal biography) and
How To Sell A Gazillion eBooks In No Time
(even if drunk, high or incarcerated), a parody of all things writing-related.

Blake is co-author of
The Eye of Heaven
and
The Solomon Curse
, with legendary author Clive Cussler. Blake’s novel
King of Swords
has been translated into German,
The Voynich Cypher
into Bulgarian, and his JET novels into Spanish, German, and Czech.

Blake writes under the moniker R.E. Blake in the NA/YA/Contemporary Romance genres. Novels include
Less Than Nothing
,
More Than Anything
, and
Best Of Everything
.

Having resided in Mexico for a dozen years, Blake enjoys his dogs, fishing, boating, tequila and writing, while battling world domination by clowns. His thoughts, such as they are, can be found at his blog:
RussellBlake.com

 

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The BLACK Series

BLACK

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Chapter 1

Nine months ago, Mahmudiyah, Iraq

 

A hot wind blew down the dusty street near the ruins of a bombed-out building as a figure moved down the dark roadside. Clad in local garb, Abreeq Rhazali was fluent in Farsi and Arabic, as well as English, which had come in handy in his career with military intelligence – but not handy enough to earn him a prized analyst position, safely behind climate-controlled, heavily guarded walls. As a field agent stationed in Iraq for approaching three years, he despised the place’s extreme heat, constant danger, and above all, the beige dust that coated every surface like a toxic film.

But now, with some luck, he’d hit the mother lode.

At least it appeared that way. He’d been cultivating contacts among the townspeople and had tripped across an account that, when put together with other threads, would result in his long stint of misery coming to an end, with him living a life of luxury reserved for potentates and bankers.

Of course, nothing was ever easy, which was why he’d snuck out and was now making his way through hostile territory toward a destination only he knew.

Abreeq passed another partially destroyed structure, its walls crumbling from where artillery shells had blown holes in it, and slowed to eye his cell phone. On the screen was a map that he’d crafted in loving detail, using classified aerial reconnaissance images – nothing in the public domain was current, and the photographs available there were carefully filtered, most of them many years old.

He was close. Down the narrow alley, through a collection of abandoned homes. Abreeq had to admire the ingenuity, hiding in plain sight like that. He smiled to himself and picked up his pace, the bullpup submachine gun beneath his bulky top comfortably reassuring in its ability to deliver death on command.

The chatter of automatic rifle fire echoed down the street from what sounded like only a few blocks away. AK-47, he knew – the preferred weapon of insurgents and jihadists the world over. Iraq was lousy with them, and it seemed like every local over the age of five had at least one.

The roar of a motor echoed off the collapsed walls of the surrounding homes, and Abreeq tensed. He was taking a massive gamble being in this area after dark, but he was confident he would be able to bluster his way through any confrontation. His Arabic was fluent and unaccented, and he looked exactly like countless other young men roaming the desolate streets – at least, that was his hope.

A silver Toyota Hilux rounded the corner ahead and bore down on him, its headlights blinding. As it slowed, he could make out rifle barrels jutting from the truck bed like porcupine quills. It was the local militia, who were known for their ruthlessness and who policed the poor neighborhoods where the puppet government’s laughable force was afraid to go.

“You. Hands up,” a voice called from one of the open windows.

Abreeq complied, his weapon supported by a shoulder sling beneath his garment. Two bearded men dropped from the truck bed and approached, their AKs trained on him.

“What are you doing here?” the shorter of the gunmen demanded.

Abreeq shrugged. “Scavenging. I haven’t eaten in two days. Do…do you have any food or a few coins you can spare?”

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