16 The Hilux sped toward the roiling plume of smoke spewing from the impact crater in the Syrian plain. The driver drove recklessly in his eagerness to get to the crash site. The pickup slewed this way and that, jouncing everybody in the carrier bed.
Murad Hussein pressed his torso against the cab, keeping his position as stable as possible against the rocking. His camera rested on the cab’s roof. The image in his viewfinder was bouncing so much it might be intolerable to viewers. But he had vision and video editing software. He could use this sequence to convey urgency and anticipation, before the final reveal of the kill.
The pickup slid into a gully. Everybody held on for dear life. The driver downshifted. The truck hit the upslope with the all the ferocity its vaunted four-wheel driv
