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Act I The wine bottle shattered before anyone understood what was happening. The senior officer seized it from the white-clothed table, stepped toward the woman in the plain black suit, and brought it…

Act I The tactical map hit the floor first. The Major snatched the entire map set from her hands and threw it hard enough to send laminated sheets sliding beneath the conference table….

Act I The slap cracked across the drill yard. Her head snapped sideways. The patrol cap flew from her head and landed several feet away in the dry dirt. The sandbag slipped from…

Act I The training rifle slammed into her armor before anyone in the equipment line could react. The butt struck the center of her vest with enough force to drive her backward into…

Act I The Colonel rose so quickly that several officers barely had time to look up. One second, the strategy room was quiet, filled with the low hum of the radar screen and…

Act I The kick came before anyone could react. The drill sergeant drove his boot into the woman’s back, sending her face-first into the dry dirt beside the sandbags. Dust exploded around her….

Act I The Major’s hand was already tangled in her hair when the cafeteria went silent. He stood behind her chair, one fist gripping the neat bun at the back of her head….

Act I The man behind her had one hand twisted into her high hair bun. Her head was forced back, her boots grinding into the dry dirt as she struggled to keep her…

Act I The Major was already standing over her when the cafeteria went quiet. He pointed across the room toward a smaller table near the kitchen, the kind of table people used when…