"Your buddies in front of the pit?" Bojan asked. "They're going into the pit…where they belong."
Marko stared out of the window at Sava, who looked slightly relaxed, despite the fact that they hadn't been allowed to face away from the pit. He was glad that the Range Rover's tinted windows hid his face. If Sava locked eyes with him for even a moment, the boy would know that he was as good as dead. He just hoped they made it quick for him. His thoughts of Sava faded, and the SUV started slowly moving away from the center of the village. He had to start planning phase two of his operation.
Marko had just passed the most critical test for any covert field operative. What the psychologists and psychiatrists involved in Black Flag's mental readiness division program called a "permanent trust point," or PTP. They had told his training class that most operatives will never reach a "permanent trust point" with any of the organizations they are attempting to penetrate, and of those operatives who do, even fewer will survive the circumstances surrounding it. Once an operative survives their unique PTP, they will achieve the next level of security and access within their organization. This term was reserved for significant, high-level penetration, and Radovan Grahovac's personal security detail was only a few tiers away from Srecko Hadzic, his ultimate goal. From an operational perspective, Marko had passed with flying colors. From General Sanderson's point-of-view, he had far exceeded all expectations.
Character List
In alphabetical order
"Andrei" — Black Flag Operative, Russian Group, assigned to Petrovich's Kazakhstan team
Audra Bauer — Deputy Director of National Clandestine Service
Karl Berg — CIA agent, National Clandestine Service liaison to Weapons of Mass Destruction Center
Dustin "Dusty" Bremer — CIA agent assigned to U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan
Goran Brujic — Former paramilitary commander in Srecko Hadzic's White Panther criminal organization
Susan Castaneda — FBI Special Agent, Legal Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Valeria Cherkasov — Emergency room doctor, Monchegorsk Central Hospital
Lieutenant Commander Scott Daly — U.S. Navy, SEAL, Assault Force Commander, Operation Bold Scimitar
Rear Admiral Mark DeSantos — U.S. Navy, Head of the Strategic Support Branch under DIA control
Major Stepan Eristov — Zaslon Group Spetznaz leader, Stockholm
Richard Farrington — Black Flag Operative, head of the Russian Group. Wanted by the FBI
Ernesto Galenden — Wealthy Argentinian business tycoon supporting General Sanderson's program
Lieutenant General Frank Gordon — U.S. Army, Head of Joint Special Operations Command
Josif Hadzic — Srecko Hadzic's nephew
Srecko Hadzic — Imprisoned Serbian war criminal, awaiting U.N. trial at the Hague, Netherlands
Eric Hesterman — FBI Special Agent, Domestic Terrorism Branch, Part of Ryan Sharpe's Task Force
Jared Hoffman — Black Flag Operative, sniper, trained by Daniel Petrovich
Konrad Hubner — Black Flagged Operative, European Group, Assigned to Stockholm operation
Darryl Jackson — Brown River Security Corporation executive
Miljan Jendzejec — Former enforcer in Srecko Hadzic's White Panther criminal organization
Alexei Kaparov — Deputy Counterterrorism Director, Federal Security Services, Russian Federation
Major General Bob Kearney — U.S. Army, Head of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Sarah Kestler — White House Counterterrorism Director
"Leo" — Black Flag Operative, Russian Group, assigned to Petrovich's Kazakhstan team
Sergeant Malyshev — Active duty Russian Army, assistant to Captain Sabitov
Thomas Manning — National Clandestine Service Director
Enrique "Rico" Melendez — Black Flag Operative, sniper, trained by Daniel Petrovich
Frank Mendoza — FBI Special Agent, Operations Section One, Al Qaeda Investigative Unit
Jeffrey Munoz — Black Flag Operative. Urban operations instructor, Wanted by the FBI
Brigadier General Lawrence Nichols — U.S. Marine Corps, Head of USMC Special Forces Command
Dana O'Reilly — FBI Special Agent, Domestic Terrorism Branch, Lead Analyst for Ryan Sharpe
Daniel Petrovich — Black Flag operative, aka Dario Russo, Marko Resja, Wanted by the FBI
Jessica Petrovich — Black Flag operative, aka Natalia Russo, Zorana Zekulic, Wanted by the FBI
Yuri Prerovsky — Federal Security Services (FSB), Russian Federation. Assistant to Alexei Kaparov
Anatoly Reznikov — Rogue Russian Scientist
Captain Maxim Sabitov — Russian Army reservist, leader of Monchegorsk uprising
Brigadier General Terrence Sanderson — U.S. Army retired, Black Flag program founder, Wanted by the FBI
Hans Schafer — Black Flagged Operative, European Group, Assigned to Monchegorsk and Stockholm operation
"Sergei" — Black Flag Operative, Russian Group, assigned to Petrovich's Kazakhstan team
Ryan Sharpe — FBI Special Agent, Domestic Terrorism Branch, Task Force Commander
Frederick Shelby — Director of the FBI
Gerald Simmons — Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
Dmitry Solomin — Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Stockholm
Captain Vasily Tischenko — Russian Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot
Lieutenant Colonel Grigory Zadornov — Russian Federation Army, Battalion Commander
Black Flagged Redux Equipment Primer
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