Chapter One
Rayford Steele worried about Mac McCullum's silence in the cockpit of
Global Community One during the short flight from New Babylon to Tel
Aviv. "Do we need to talk later?" Rayford said quietly. Mac put a finger to
his lips and nodded.
Rayford finished communicating with New Babylon ground and air
traffic control, then reached beneath his seat for the hidden reverse
intercom button. It would allow him to listen in on conversations in the
Condor 216's cabin between Global Community Potentate Nicolae Carpathia,
Supreme Commander Leon Fortunato, and Pontifex Maximus Peter Mathews, head
of Enigma Babylon One World Faith. But just before Rayford depressed the
button, he felt Mac's hand on his arm. Mac shook his head.
Rayford shuddered. "They know?" he mouthed.
Mac whispered, "Don't risk it until we talk."
Rayford received the treatment he had come to expect on initial
descent into Tel Aviv. The tower at David Ben Gurion cleared other planes
from the area, even those that had begun landing sequences. Rayford heard
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