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Action/Thriller
Publisher: Trilogus Books
ISBN-10: 1434844226
Type: Fiction
Pages: 346
Copyright: 2/8/2008
ISBN-13: 9781434844224
For the past 160 years, giant birds have been reported in the skies above the Black Forest region of northern Pennsylvania. Now, it's up to one man and one woman, to find out where they came from, and where they've gone...
The Journey Begins...
For the past 160 years, giant birds have been reported in the skies above the Black Forest region of northern Pennsylvania. Now, it's up to one man and one woman, to find out where they came from, and where they've gone...
Failed Ph.D. candidate and erstwhile assistant museum curator Ian McQuade is rescued by cartographer Alma Del Nephites, after an ill-fated expedition into the Amazon Basin. They travel to meet the enigmatic CEO of a secretive organization, where the two are given the opportunity to seek out proof of the existence of thunderbirds.
A madman's journal will lead them into the heart of a 700 year-old mystery, where cutting edge technology designed to locate and identify such creatures will collide with an ancient power that has hidden and protected them for centuries. Ian must face his past, in order to believe in a future that couldn't possibly exist. With lightning in their eyes and thunder in their wings, who will control the fate and destiny of the thunderbirds?
Excerpt
Out of the Black Forest
Sam clasped Edger’s shoulder, pulling a fist full of material. “It’s just a lousy bird, Paulie. Get a grip.” Paulie wasn’t listening. Instead, he spun on his grounded foot and stepped out from under the eave of the cabin. He walked stiffly out toward the center of the clearing, pointing and muttering incoherently. Carter put his hands on his hips and looked at the darkened doorway, before turning away in disgust. “Of all the thickheaded, cowardly…”
He followed Paulie’s stricken gaze and shaking finger. In the gloom, it was difficult to make out. A darker shade separated itself from the low-flung clouds. It turned toward them in a wheeling movement, before disappearing below the level of the trees. The cry came again, much closer this time.
The clouds shredded beneath the growing sound of a gathering wind. The rising moon stood in full relief against a smattering of stars, accentuated by the flicker of lightning and the roll of distant thunder. The mist at their feet was disturbed at the far edge of the clearing. Something was approaching, something huge, and it had them cut off from their truck.
Rain was coming, but whatever preceded it was far worse.
It was then that they saw the outspread wings, wide and fixed as a small airplane, black and unmoving as it glided toward them. Beneath, massive talons as large as bicycle wheels flexed and readied. A large, ugly beak nearly a yard long opened and gave forth a primeval cry that echoed loud and piercing. It was crossing the open field, and lowering directly toward them.
“Shoot it, Paulie. Now!”
Edger couldn’t move. The .38 caliber Webley hung limp in his other hand, its owner paralyzed with fear. Sam looked from the monster, to his terrified partner, and back again. He could now see the fathomless depths of its eyes, reflecting the ghost of an unforgiving moon.
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