An Excerpt from Chapter 10 of The Relentless Sun

News from DC

He had come to understand that as departments go in the universe of DC politics, the BAR was Pluto, compared with the gas giants like the DOJ and the CIA. Sara seemed to always be fighting an uphill battle for even the simplest of details. That is why she used people like Harry, who didn’t even work for the government, and Schilling, who worked for other departments.

Sara called him back to tell him Tom Schilling worked as the DOJ’s special counsel in Flagstaff. “He’s legitimate, Harry.”

“Why didn’t you just tell me you were sending a babysitter?”

She sighed. “I wouldn’t say babysitter. Say, partner. Do you trust him?”

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