Book 1 of the GUNTER WAYAN SERIES
Locations and items referenced in The Organization
Uluwatu, Bali
The old man had been fishing the waters off Uluwatu, Bali since the age of twelve and knew that the best time to catch the elusive cephalopods was a couple of hours before and after sunset.
Pecatu, Bali
Gunter Wayan lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Pecatu, a region in the southwestern peninsula that was known for its limestone cliffs and isolated small beaches that were popular with nudists. Besides voyeurists, Pecatu attracted surfers from all over the globe.
Gianyar, Bali
A newspaper article done on him after retirement indicates that he was born in Gianyar and spent four years at the Indonesian Military Academy, our equivalent of West Point, where he graduated as a second lieutenant. There’s no evidence that he’d ever been married or had children.
Mahindra Jeep
Good point. You drive. The Mahindra is a little iffy.
Jalwandi’s residence in Gianyar, Bali
Their massage continued for two hours until the gate to Jalwandi’s residence opened and his black Nissan darted into the street. Eka fired up the Rover and followed.
Nasi Goreng
I made Nasi Goreng. I always cook more than I need so I can have leftovers. Let’s go into the kitchen and talk.
Chicken Martabak
Wayan wanted chicken martabak, a spicy omelet-pancake filled with eggs, green onions, and minced meat. The omelet-pancake was folded and cut into squares before being served.
Mangosteen
Eka ordered a fruit plate of papaya, lychee, salak, mangosteen, and rambutan.
Rambutan
Eka ordered a fruit plate of papaya, lychee, salak, mangosteen, and rambutan.
Salak
Eka ordered a fruit plate of papaya, lychee, salak, mangosteen, and rambutan.
Soju
Following his conversations with Chao and Sanadi, Kang opened the center panel to a cabinet behind his desk and removed a bottle of soju, a colorless spirit made from rice and grains. The brand that he was drinking was 53 percent alcohol by volume.
Ancol Marina – Jakarta, Indonesia
Therefore, they took five boxes of the original records from the storage facility and put them aboard a boat they hired at Ancol Marina in Jakarta.
Cirebon Marina, Indonesia
I contracted with the owner of a charter boat at a Cirebon marina, which is a little over one hundred and eighty miles southeast of Jakarta.
China’s WZ-9 Soaring Dragon drone
He has access to his country’s Soaring Dragon drone and employs it when needed, although its flight and weapon expenditure logs will indicate that it was utilized in the northeast region to deal with civil disobedience, smuggling, or whatever story they create.
Bulgari Resort Hotel in Bali
The Bulgari Resort Bali is in Uluwatu and stands majestically four-hundred-and-ninety-two-feet above the Indian Ocean.
Ocean View Room at the Bulgari Resort Bali
The ocean view villa to which Wayan and Eka were given the key was one of eight located at the edge of the cliff and was located within its own three-walled compound – replete with a garden interspersed with benches and an infinity pool.
Sacred Monkey Sanctuary in Ubud
The twenty-seven-acre Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud was a hilly area that was densely packed with trees and was bisected by a ravine in which a rocky stream ran along its floor.
Padangtegal, Bali
The 27-acre Sacred Monkey Sanctuary in Ubud was a hilly area that was densely packed with trees and bisected by a ravine in which a rocky stream flowed. To the north and paralleling the stream was a meandering walking trail that ended in the village of Padangtegal.
Bedugul, Bali
The twenty-five-mile drive to Bedugul, which was a village in the central highlands of Bali near three crater lakes, took an hour.
Letkol Wisnu airstrip in Sumberkima
One went to Denpasar and the other to the Letkol Wisnu airstrip in Sumberkima, where a private plane is waiting. Time is critical in getting the organs to the recipients before they deteriorate.
Ngurah Rai International Airport (Denpasar)
One went to Denpasar (Ngurah Rai International Airport) and the other to the Letkol Wisnu airstrip in Sumberkima, where a private plane is waiting. Time is critical in getting the organs to the recipients before they deteriorate
Frank Beltrame switchblade
Desnam reached in his pocket, removed a Frank Beltrame 9” stiletto switchblade, and handed it to her.
Glock 21
Both their Glock 21’s had silencers. Dhani, seeing this, raised his hands before the uninvited assailants made him the next casualty.
Beretta 92FS handgun
He removed his passport, five hundred dollars in US currency, and the file of his only current client – Amat Jalwandi but left inside his Beretta 92FS handgun and a box of ammunition.
The Ritz Hong Kong
They cleared customs and immigration and took a taxi to the Ritz, which was on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong Harbor and comprised the top 17 floors of the 118-story International Commerce Center building, or ICC as locals called it. The first 101 floors were leased office space.
ICC Hong Kong
They cleared customs and immigration and took a taxi to the Ritz, which was on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong Harbor and comprised the top 17 floors of the 118-story International Commerce Center building, or ICC as locals called it. The first 101 floors were leased office space.
Ozone Bar, the Ritz Hong Kong
… they went up one floor to Ozone, the hotel’s rooftop bar, which had both indoor and outside seating.
Tosca Di Angelo restaurant (at Ritz Carlton Hong Kong)
Hungry and figuring that they should have more than bar bites in their stomachs, they returned to the hotel and ate dinner at the Tosca Di Angelo restaurant, getting to bed around eleven.
Al Mar Japan Eagle Classic Folding Knife
After having two “last rounds” they went to the shopping center beneath the hotel thirty minutes before it closed, and each purchased 4” Al Mar Japan Eagle Classic folding knives.
The Peak, Hong Kong
Even the brush and foliage was dense, the six ton Phantom tore right through it and summersaulted three times down the steep side of the hill before coming to rest on its roof in the pool area of one of the other wealthy residents of The Peak.
Tsim Sha Tsui
Before then, they needed to visit a uniform shop and an electronics merchandiser in a section of southern Kowloon that locals referred to as TST, short for Tsim Sha Tsui, both of which Eka found after an internet search.
Rolls Royce Phantom
At 9:30 p.m., an hour-and-a-half after they began their surveillance, a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a $530,000 luxury car that weighed approximately three tons, left the residence.
Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun
I’ll watch them while you both go to the hotel,” Woo said. “But first, let me get organized.” Going into the office next to the server room, she returned with a silenced Heckler & Koch MP5.
Five minutes later, she returned carrying a plastic toolbox in one hand and a silenced Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun in the other.
Lantau Yacht Club
They took the elevator to the lobby and then got in a taxi, with Woo directing the driver to take them to the Lantau Yacht Club, which most referred to as the LYC, where she was apparently a member given that the guard raised the barrier gate upon seeing her and allowed the taxi to proceed to the clubhouse.
Beijing Capital International Airport
Knowing that the general was in a hurry, the aide divided his tasks with the other staff members. It took the four staff members 30 minutes to retrieve what Chien An requested; Air China and the security office at the Beijing Capital International Airport assisting without hesitation because the military requested it.
PLA Garrison in Hong Kong
He eliminated the pilot, copilot, and the three flight attendants because they were scheduled for this flight weeks in advance, and none could have known that the lieutenant colonel would be on it. That left one prime suspect – Captain Shum Win, assigned to the PLA’s Hong Kong Garrison.
Chinese SX2150 general utility truck
However, when the general opened the bag, he removed a 1/24 diecast scale model of a Chinese SX2150 general utility truck.
Gulfstream G450
The lounge’s floor-to-ceiling glass windows looked out onto the tarmac of the private terminal. Parked approximately 30 yards away were two aircraft – a Gulfstream G450 and a Cessna Citation X.
Cessna 750 Citation X
The lounge’s floor-to-ceiling glass windows looked out onto the tarmac of the private terminal. Parked approximately 30 yards away were two aircraft – a Gulfstream G450 and a Cessna Citation X.
Type 77 handgun
So that’s how it was done? Chien An said as he put his Type 77 handgun in his shoulder holster and bent down and picked up the poison applicator.
North Korean Pyonghwa SUV
Once outside the building Kang was put in the backseat of a Pyonghwa SUV, one of sixteen hundred yearly vehicles that the North Korean manufacturer produced.
Central Military Commission headquarters – August 1st building in Beijing
As Chien An was investigating Yan He’s death, General Hulin Chao, who was also an early riser, met with Captain Shum Win at his office in the Ministry of National Defense building, which was roughly eight miles and change from the August 1st Building, the headquarters of the Central Military Commission.
Ryongsong – North Korean presidential palace
Ground entry into the Ryongsong presidential complex, one of eight residences the dictator maintained, and which were subterraneously connected by an extensive tunnel system, was through a series of three checkpoints.
A Burberry double-breasted paneled trench coat
It’s a double-breasted paneled Burberry trench coat, to be precise,” Eka said. “And it sells for over $4,000. No woman is going to leave that behind.
Unit 61398 Headquarters
He had no doubt that the general could then extract their contents. He had Unit 61398, one of the most sophisticated hacking groups in the world under his command. They often broke into the sophisticated computer systems of nation-states and multinational corporations, retrieving data that some would have said was impossible to obtain.
Hospital 301 in Beijing
Stop the autopsy and have the body transported from wherever it is to Hospital 301. I’ll handle the arrangements from there. You will accompany the body. There will be no variation from my orders,” the general said in a stern tone.