Fowler Like all too many people, Captain Kenneth Fowler had an insufferable boss: Governor Rudigus Harrington. And right now, the morning after unprecedented disaster, having not had a moment’s respite or sleep, Fowler was standing in the governor’s office, getting quite an earful, silently wishing he could pull out a pistol and shoot the arrogant, …
The slapping sound of bare footsteps came from the stairs a couple of rooms over. A new spike of adrenalin shot through Mei’s heart. She cast her gaze around, hardly seeing a thing in the dark of this tiny room but knowing that she was exposed. Frantically, she shuttered the lantern and plunged herself back …
Mei It was intimidating to watch a large, athletic, and very dangerous man charge full tilt at her with a musket, one with a wicked knife on the end of it. Mei instinctively wanted to back down, to run, to beg for mercy. But there was no mercy in those eyes. Only excitement. He grinned …
Mei Mei saw Amos hurl the lantern down and, fear clutching her heart, launched herself from the window opening before she could mourn his loss or appreciate his sacrifice. The explosion was so powerful that the rush of air and flame jetting through the window behind her flipped her over in midair. Upside down, she …
Putin His lungs burned with the need for air as he sank beneath the waves. The last thing he saw was that woman’s face before the darkness of the ocean at night swallowed him. He tried to hold out for as long as he could as he descended into that watery tomb, but his chest …
Mei Mei… Get up, Mei… “Get up, Mei!” her mother shouted. Mei blinked and realized that she’d blacked out for a moment. She was numb to the pain, aware that it was everywhere but feeling adrift in it. The first real sensation to return was the gritty texture of the cobblestone under her fingertips, then …