Betrayal Quotes

“Last out of the bag was something she was infinitely more comfortable with – her silenced Colt M1911 automatic. She had been using that reliable old sidearm since the very start of her career as a paramilitary operative, and in her opinion it was still one of the best handguns ever produced. It had never let her down.
She raised the automatic, checking that the magazine was firmly locked in place and the safety catch engaged. The M1911 was a single-action weapon with a manual safety, allowing it to be carried ‘cocked and locked’, meaning there was a round chambered and the hammer was drawn back.
Satisfied that all was well, she holstered the Colt inside her jacket, adjusting her posture a little to compensate for the extra weight of the weapon plus the bulky silencer”
― Will Jordan, Betrayal

“The FSB compound at the west end of Grozny airport looked like a scene from the Second World War. The entire facade of the office complex had been devastated by the bomb blast, blinds and shredded curtains fluttering in jagged remains of windows. The concrete structure was scarred and pitted by shrapnel, one support beam having given way altogether to leave the floor above sagging precariously”
― Will Jordan, Betrayal

“He never got the chance. Raising the PPK, Drake took aim and put two rounds through his head, blasting apart his skull with the twin impacts. The echo of the gunshots caused the rest of the group to flinch and glance around, seeking the source of the unexpected new threat.
Drake took full advantage of their hesitation, and a second man fell as he capped off the remainder of his magazine at his centre mass. At least one of the rounds found its mark, tearing through his unprotected gut. With blood painting the front of his grey sweater, he crumpled and fell, crying out in agony”
― Will Jordan, Betrayal

“Olga was their spotter team; a two-man group positioned on the roof of a telecommunications mast about a mile west of the monument. One man was armed with a high-powered camera, the other with a decidedly more dangerous Dragunov sniper rifle. At a mile distant, any shot they took would be risky to say the least, but Kamarov had insisted on their presence nonetheless”
― Will Jordan, Betrayal