CHAPTER FORTY THREE
10:45 pm Korea Time (9:45 am Eastern Daylight Time)
An Underground Bunker - Near Chongjin, North Korea
The order never came.
Deep underground, two men were at battle stations, two men remained behind in the living quarters. The radio was silent most of the evening. At just after 10 pm, there was a burst of static, the kind of which was sometimes followed by orders. But nothing happened.
Later, the two men in the tiny living room heard voices and footsteps descending the metal stairwell from the surface. The steps were heavy, like the boots of military men, and there were a lot of them.
A pounding came at their door.
One man briefly considered putting his service g*n to his head and pulling the trigger. Before he could take action in this direction, the other
