Chessboard of Deception

The Big Game: Chapter 16

FLASHBACK TO SEPTEMBER 2024

<Vladivostok> A city clinging to the edge of the world, where the Pacific’s damp breath choked the streets and the taiga whispered old secrets. American Black Hawks circled like vultures over the Eastern Economic Forum, a grotesque ballet in the fog.

Vladimir Putin’s motorcade slid through the mist; everywhere banners fluttered…