Hidden Strike (2024)

Korr crawled out of the culvert, gasping, covered in black crude, and looked up at the stars. His team was alive. The engineers were alive. The hidden strike had failed.

That’s when the lights went out. Then the emergency generators kicked in, casting everything in a bloody red hue. Over the refinery’s loudspeakers, General Rashidi’s voice echoed, calm and unhurried. Hidden Strike

“Singh, cut the main power feed to the refinery’s floodlights. Meier, rig the server room with a delayed charge. We’ll let Rashidi think we’re making a last stand. Then we go through the oil. We hold our breath, and we swim.” Korr crawled out of the culvert, gasping, covered

“Then don’t breathe,” Korr said, and he meant it as both an instruction and a promise. Korr crawled out of the culvert