Presently, the vault of white-hot sky was broken by a flyspeck, a blur of motion that resolved itself into a helicopter that closed on the site where the Cadillac stood.
It touched down long enough to pick up the two Special Section men before lifting off, leaving Tariq marooned in the middle of a desert hell without so much as a drop of water.
Fedallah had neutralized the threat posed by the Prince, and the Prince himself, while still obeying the prohibition that his royal blood not be shed.
Before twenty-four hours had passed, Tariq had truly experienced the "mouthful of sand" that Fedallah had once promised as the fate of those who defied the will of His Majesty, Supreme Master of the House of Saud.
At the end, his brains boiling in the cauldron of his skull, Tariq realized to the full the truth of the old saying:
If you strike against the king, strike hard!
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1 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 5 A.M. AND 6 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
2 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 A.M. AND 7 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
3 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 A.M. AND 8 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
4 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 A.M. AND 9 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
5 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 A.M. AND 10 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
6 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 A.M. AND 11 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
7 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 A.M. AND 12 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
8 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12 P.M. AND 1 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
9 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1 P.M. AND 2 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
10 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 P.M. AND 3 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
11 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 P.M. AND 4 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
12 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 P.M. AND 5 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
13 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 5 P.M. AND 6 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
14 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 P.M. AND 7 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
15 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 P.M. AND 8 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
16 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 P.M. AND 9 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
17 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 P.M. AND 10 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
18 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 P.M. AND 11 P.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
19 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 P.M. AND 12 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
20 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12 A.M. AND 1 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
21 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1 A.M. AND 2 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
22 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M. AND 3 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
23 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 A.M. AND 4 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
24 THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 A.M. AND 5 A.M. CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
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