

Her hair fell in a cascade of copper red. First removing the gloves and pulling the inner hood down behind her head, he began peeling the suit from her torso, arms and then legs and feet, until she could step out of it. We then traced his DNA from his fingerprint oils.ĭirk helped her undo the heavy, riveted waterproof zippers on her Viking dry suit. One thumbprint on the Koran matched with a known set of Yazid's prints that were on file with Egyptian police when he was arrested several years ago. The next problem was sifting out the several sets of fingerprints which accompanied each object. The tricky part was intercepting the return mail before it reached the correct addresses. Actually, it was a bit more complicated, writing the requests in the handwriting of known adoring followers-influential followers with financial and political clout, I might add. she said hesitantly.īoth those guys are vain promoters, explained Brogan.Our forgery department sent a Koran to Yazid, and a photograph to Topiltzin showing him in full Aztec regalia, along with requests begging them in each to inscribe a short prayer on both items and return them.
