Chapter 11
Saba
The island looked as if a giant had left a boulder in the sea by accident, a mountain fortress that few would be able to penetrate without an army. Kobus took great comfort from that thought as he looked down across the vista, his vista. Across the small valley in a university research complex Rose awoke feeling groggy and not a little disorientated. She had slept badly for the hundredth time, and had been pondering her situation and trying to make sense of it. The Dutchman was a power-mad zealot who had known she was coming. Her stomach rumbled and she realised she hadn’t eaten for over twenty four hours. She heard footsteps in the distance coming towards her cell and winced as the door was unlocked and a surly guard poked his head in.
“Against the wall or you’ll get no
