CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

DEATH OF A DEPUTY

A PERSON OF INTEREST

THE ATTACK

THE INDUCEMENT

A CHANGE OF HEART

POLLY AND THE WOMBAT

THE GOOD SHOOTER’S PRACTICE

THE BUDDHA’S WAI

SOME FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

THE IMPERSONATOR

INTO THE CAULDRON

SATAN’S CAVE

HELL IN MEXICO

TO THE RIVER KWAI

THROUGH THE PASS

INCIDENT AT THREE PAGODAS PASS

CHIANG MAI HIGH

THE SIGHTING

SMALL ITEM ON PAGE FIVE

THE TIMELY INNINGS

SHOOTING FOR NUMBER 81

BANGKOK CLOSED

THE MONK

THE LULL

THREAT OF THE ACHILLES

FIGHT NIGHT

BEFORE THE KILL

NIGHT OF THE ASSASSINS

ONE WAY OUT

A RUSSIAN WARNING

THE INCENTIVES

THE BUDDHA’S ASSISTANCE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS