Shadow Fortress. James Axler

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Название Shadow Fortress
Автор произведения James Axler
Жанр Морские приключения
Серия Gold Eagle Deathlands
Издательство Морские приключения
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781474023191



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      “Remember the condors?” Mildred replied, holstering her piece. “Those were an endangered species in my time.”

      “So?”

      The salty wind blowing her beaded hair, Mildred turned to face the featureless horizon of the east.

      “Now we are,” she finished somberly.

      HOBBLING TO the edge of the crumbling cliff, Mitch-um roared defiantly as he emptied his blaster at the departing airship.

      “No! Not again!” Mitchum raged, cocking the hammer and dry firing the spent weapon several times. As his fury ebbed, the man turned toward the line of Hummers parked nearby.

      “You there!” he shouted, pointing. “Launch another Bird!”

      “Belay that shit,” Glassman stated grumpily, stepping out from behind the rocket pod. His face and clothes were streaked with black from the multiple launches, and he angrily tossed aside the glowing piece of oakum he had used to light the fuses. Privately, the former healer wondered what the hell had the outlanders used to stop the Firebirds.

      “We failed, Colonel,” Glassman continued, pulling a rag from a pocket to wipe his face and hands. “They’re gone.”

      “The hell they are. We’re going back to Cascade,” Mitchum snapped. Limping to the wag, the sec man climbed behind the steering wheel and started the engine.

      “Get in!” he ordered brusquely. “We can race after them in the PT boats. Those are a lot faster than that floating soap bubble! If we use the coal-oil fuel instead of wood, we can easily get them back into range again and finish the bastard job once and forever!”

      Reluctantly, Glassman had to admire the sec man’s blind determination. It was either that or his lust for revenge had driven the man mad.

      “Sergeant Campbell,” Glassman said, going to the lead Hummer, “any more Firebirds on the boats?”

      “Yes, sir,” the sailor replied with a salute. “Sixteen more in the arms trunk of each petey.”

      “See?” Mitchum retorted, gunning the engine. “More than enough for another attack!”

      “Only if we don’t encounter any Deepers on the journey back home,” Glassman countered, taking a seat in the war wag.

      “Tomorrow’s problem,” the sec chief growled as he spun the steering wheel, driving the Hummer back and forth as he hurriedly turned on the narrow crag. A rear tire went over the cliff, but the wag didn’t tilt and he fought it back onto firm ground. Time was against them. Every minute put Ryan that much further out of his grasp.

      “We’ll need to leave the Hummers behind,” Mitchum said, leading the convoy of wags along the narrow trail of the peninsula to the island. There was a sheer drop into the sea on both sides, but the predark headlights gave enough illumination to keep him from driving into the abyss. “Dropping the weight will give us better speed.”

      Holding on to the door and windshield, Glassman scowled before answering. He was sick of this man’s private blood feud, and the baron’s threat against his family was lessening with every hour he was away from them.

      “Too risky,” he decided. “That leaves us on foot if they go inland somewhere.”

      “We’ll take that chance.”

      “No, you will,” Glassman stated coldly, bouncing in his seat as the racing wag bounded over the rippled surface of the lava flow. “Because if we lose the outlanders again, I’ll personally bring you alive to the lord baron as payment for costing him so many men and weps!”

      “Yeah?” Mitchum snarled, a hand going for his flintlock. Only the weapon wasn’t in its holster, and the cold barrel of a blaster was pressed to his neck from behind.

      “Do as the captain says,” Campbell growled hatefully. “Or I’ll be delighted to pull the trigger. Your call, lubber.”

      Furious at being trapped for the moment, Mitchum started driving faster. Suddenly, more than just mere revenge depended on his success in chilling the accursed outlanders.

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