On Executive Orders

The mission was secret, the danger was overt . . . Amanda Perry was the manager of the Tri-Cola bottling plant in Mexico City and therefore no stranger to challenge. But agreeing to assist the U.S. government in a covert operation was quite another matter. A shipment of synthetic fuel had accidentally been diverted from its Texas destination to Mexico City's customs office. The cargo, packed in cylinders marked with Tri-Cola labels, had to be transported to Tampico, then transferred to a fishing boat bound for Texas. All Amanda had to do was deliver the cylinders to Tampico. She hadn't…