Chapter 105

The navigation system in the rented automobile made it simple to locate Lek-ancestral Mraphi's home. And Dave wasn't as happy or at ease as Javier had been. Two hours after leaving the ancient city, the Russians sped through the parking area of the vast ancient state of Lek-Mraphi, which appeared to be some recently reconstructed museum of some kind that looked like an old temple and had instead become a tourist attraction.

There were probably a thousand phrases to explain what the men in the automobile were thinking as they peered at the huge structure. But all that was expressed was mute astonishment. Yes, he had to agree the place was a work of art. It was by far so remarkable that he gaped at it and by looking, he could not argue that it looked exactly li