A Hunt in Magic City (Magic City Chronicles Book 5) by TR Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:TR Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Cameron, TR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Grentham bailed out of the van a half-mile away from the guard post that controlled access to the complex. They could have entered on foot, but the likelihood of surveillance was too high, and he wasn’t confident his people could remain magically concealed against whatever detection their targets might have in place.

Instead, they’d ride in fast and hard in the vans, then execute a rapid deployment that would hopefully take the building’s defenders by surprise. Their drones flew high overhead, and a summary of what they saw flowed into his earpiece in a constant stream. Overall, it was a lot of noise and precious little information. He shook his head and focused on covering the ground to the guard post.

When it was a short distance away, he said, “Everyone, go.” While he’d been closing, the vans would’ve been loading up his people at the rally point and moving into position for the run to their target. As soon as he received acknowledgment that they were rolling, he covered himself in a veil and rushed toward the single guard gazing alertly over the road leading to his domain.

He considered using the axes on his belt, his tried-and-true weapons of choice, but saw no particular reason for the hireling to die. The man wasn’t part of the group they were taking on, only a guy doing a job for probably too little money. He stepped inside, let his veil fall, and blasted the man with lightning. The guard fell to the floor, and Grentham pulled the zip ties from the man’s belt and bound him. He hit the button to open the gate as the vans came into view. The rearmost paused long enough for him to jump on board, then sped quickly ahead.

Jared announced, “Fifteen seconds to target. Van one to the right, vans two and three center, van four left.”

The infomancer’s computer-modulated voice said, “I’ve acquired their network signal. Beginning intrusion.”

Ideally, their cyber warrior would get the doors open for them. If not, Grentham had the shotgun. If that proved insufficient, and his magic couldn’t do it either, well, there was more than one reason they’d brought along so many explosives. Never hurts to have a little extra boom in reserve.

The vans screeched to almost simultaneous halts, and they piled out. Jared was already marching toward the door with a shotgun out when Grentham got himself moving. Scimitar said, “Come on in,” and the lobby entrance opened.

He replied, “Nice work. Internal defenses?”

“Still active. There’s at least one live infomancer resisting me, plus an AI. Might be more of each, can’t tell yet. Assume everything except the external alarm is alive. I have that locked down.” She’d explained ahead of time that she planned to send in a signal-jamming drone and was confident she could block the hardline if one existed.

A chime that indicated a private channel between him and Jared opening sounded, and his partner said, “We’re depending on Scimitar more than I’d like.”

Grentham shrugged. “Get it done fast and we won’t have to worry about it.

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