Chapter 33 – Demands
“I want control, Luis,” Nat growled. He sat at the desk in his borrowed office in Spearpoint Command, America's strategic asset headquarters on Mars. He glared at the screen and its built-in camera. “I want control of Spearpoint, and I want it right now. Let me take Zack Kinmont out. Once he's out of the way, everything else will fall into place.” He stabbed the “send” button. The force of his finger made the screen wobble.
He leaned back, sighed, and closed his eyes. It would be several minutes before a reply could reach him from Earth. At the rate things were going, it felt like forever.
His mind turned over his options. They were exceedingly limited, and his face sagged into a frown. Why had he come to Mars in the first place? He should have gone to Venus as orig
