"'Yes, we must certainly take care of him first.'"
-Poul Anderson, The People Of The Wind IN Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (Riverdale, NY, 2011), pp. 437-662 AT Chapter VII, p. 513.
The Merseians know of Max Abrams. Brechdan Ironrede's son tells him:
"'Nobody knows how the Terrans got the information, but Runei says they have a fiendishly good Intelligence chief.'"
-Poul Anderson, Ensign Flandry IN Anderson, Young Flandry (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 1-192 AT Chapter Three, p. 26.
In the James Bond novels, Russian Intelligence chiefs know that British Intelligence has a man called Bond and, later, M infers that the mastermind behind the nuclear weapons hijack (Blofeld) is of genius level.
Even if someone operates in secret, the consequences of his actions, if they are effective, are known.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And the Merseians were to find out how PAINFULLY effective Dominic Flandry was, as he so often thwarted their designs and schemes!
Sean
Paul and Sean:
Even by A Circus of Hells, Flandry had made it onto Merseia's "watch out for this guy" list, as Morioch Sun-in-eye told Ydwyr the Seeker. And Ydwyr admitted he'd already heard things about Junior Lieutenant Flandry.
Kaor, DAVID!
I agree! The Starkad affair would be enough for Merseian Intelligence to put Flandry on their "We need to watch out for this guy" list. And what happened in A CIRCUS OF HELLS would confirm that!
Sean
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