The mezzanine command center of Palazzo delle Ombre was operating at peak wartime readiness as the pale winter dawn broke over the Venetian lagoon. For decades, the House of Bellini had maintained an extensive private maritime intelligence apparatus to safeguard its global shipping fleets from piracy in the Red Sea and West Africa. Now, that entire apparatus was focused with laser-like intensity onto the labyrinthine waterways of Venice. Eight large…
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