Nina took the statue from him, turning it over in her hands. ‘So, we’re finally going to smash these little buggers, then?’ ‘Why can’t we ever meet any nice billionaires?’ Eddie tapped the figurine against one of its companions. ‘I was going to say Scylla and Charybdis, but yours works too. Evil billionaire with Sophia on one side, evil billionaire with Stikes on the other. I’m sure Sophia’ll have suggested it.’ He surveyed the buildings on the western side of First Avenue with suspicion, half expecting to see someone aiming a rocket launcher at them from a window. I don’t trust Glas – he still might decide that the easiest thing to do would be take out them and you in one go. ‘Right now, the lives I’m most bothered about are ours.

if there was even anything left to recover. After Glas had returned them to the survey ship – its crew astonished by the sight of the huge submarine emerging from the depths alongside them – Matt had been flown to a hospital in Portugal, but it would be weeks before an attempt to retrieve the bodies of Hayter and the others aboard the destroyed submersible could be made. ‘And cost so many lives,’ said Nina morosely. ‘Hard to believe these crappy little things caused so much trouble.’

Eddie lifted one of the trio from the protective foam bed, dancing it between its companions as if playing with a toy soldier. The case containing the three statuettes sat open on Nina’s office desk.

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