"You seemed anxious for a challenge, and now I have one for you. I have become aware of a world that, in a little less than a month, will die burning. In its last days, its guardians of law and order will have their hands full simply dealing with people, and that will be our window for operation. You will have until then to study the security arrangements at a number of locations in preparation for neutralizing the alarms and making off with as much of the art as possible."

He opens the briefcase, drawing out several folders, placing them on the table. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Mori Museum, the Oxford Library, the Tower of London, the De Beers warehouse, the Louvre.