Chapter 24Northern Mongolia
Khan Khentii
For the first time in his life Zheng was frightened. “What’s the meaning of this?” he whispered and stared at his partner as if hypnotized. Almost unable to believe he could be staring down the barrel of the snub nosed automatic pistol pointing at him. “The Khan’s prophecy is not here. I would have thought that obvious; instead you press on blindly. Your compound in Vietnam was a security threat; do I need to go on?”
“You agreed to keep in the background,” snapped Zheng, incandescent rage replacing his fear.
“You have failed me, and I have broken my golden rule; for years keeping out of the spotlight, now through your sheer incompetence I must take charge. What’s more I disapprove of the Islamic nature of your work. Religion is your weakness; it
