Stealth’s sleight of hand / wall-scaling

“If it helps you and your men, by any possible definition the infected are already dead. As the president said in his address, they are ex-humans, no longer alive.” I gave a slow nod from my position on the wall. A quick-release carabiner on a drainpipe created the illusion I was clinging to the bricks above him, yet another sleight of hand to give me power and authority. “Do not attempt shots to cripple or immobilize. They will have no effect. Only decapitation or destruction of the brain.”

Excerpt From Ex-Heroes, pg 168
Peter Clines
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