The Old Man

by Thomas Perry

People get along or they don’t. If they don’t, then one day one of them sees the future all laid out ahead. And they realize that it’s almost exactly like the present. And they don’t want it to be.”

“Reload first. We’re not people who can afford to have all our weapons unloaded at once.”

This mission will get done. We will succeed, because no mission ends until it’s a success.”