The executive boardroom of Villa Poseidon was a sanctuary of maritime command that had overseen the operations of the world's largest private tanker fleet for half a century. Paneled in rich, dark teak salvaged from a nineteenth-century clipper ship, the room featured brass maritime chronometers, framed navigation charts of every major sea lane on earth, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the island's deep-water harbor. By two in the afternoon, the sixteen…
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