Chapter Twenty-One
Makora
Fabian toyed with the Microtech Makora. In terms of its operation, it was simple, but in its design and construction, it was an astonishingly complex knife, built to very close tolerances and functioning efficiently and with high reliability. He had never seen one before and when he took it from Mickeal’s boot, he first thought it was a retracted baton like Groff’s ASP. Only when he pushed the small rectangular switch on the side and the double-edged, two-tone, dagger blade leapt out of the top of the slim handle did Fabian realize that this was an entirely different weapon. To call such a weapon a switchblade is a gross misstatement, for in comparison, the traditional switchblade is a crude knife with a hinged, thin blade, favored by hoods and generally scorned
