“OK - that’s what I’m telling the alliance then. Keep your eye on the ball down there and make sure you let China know we’ve taken our own position to a full state of alert.”
You’ve gotta admire the man, thought Conway. It didn’t get any worse than this - and yet the President’s voice remained calm and in full control. He was in command of the situation and the American people knew it. He felt a wave of self-satisfaction as he remembered his earlier arguments persuading him to stay in office.
“Mike,” the President added, “I’ve been advised that I’ll be getting a communication from Banerjee in the next hour or so. I’d like you to be here when it arrives.”
As the President signed off to speak to his alliance counterparts, Karpurov pointed at another screen showing the Russian silos engagi
