Dane Maddock Origins 01 Freedom by David Wood; Sean Sweeney

Author:David Wood; Sean Sweeney [Sweeney, David Wood; Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, General, Thrillers
ISBN: 9781940095011
Google: nAx4nAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1940095018
Barnesnoble: 1940095018
Publisher: Gryphonwood Press
Published: 2013-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

“I’m a Son of the Republic.” Despite his present circumstances, Drinkel sat up straighter and his eyes shone when he made the proclamation. “And we are going to make things right with America.”

Dane and Bones exchanged scornful glances.

“You people don’t get it.” Drinkel hadn’t missed their expressions. “The depravity is coming to an end. It has been foretold.”

“By whom?” Dane asked.

“You mean who,” Bones said.

“What?”

“Isn’t it ‘who’ when it’s an object, or is it the other way around?”

“Who cares?” Dane could tell by Drinkel’s smirk that they were losing their intimidation factor. Bones must have noticed too, because he casually backhanded the man across the face.

“True, we’ve got more important things to focus on.” Bones turned to Drinkel. “Tell us about this prophecy. Who made it and when? Some doomsday freak back in 1984?”

“Would you call the father of our country a freak?”

Dane guffawed. “The so-called Prophecy of George Washington? That’s a legend.”

“What am I missing here?” Bones frowned at Dane.

“There’s a legend that, at Valley Forge, George Washington was visited by an angel who prophesied three great trials for America. Ah!” Something had just clicked. “The angel addressed him as ‘Son of the Republic.’ I take it that’s where your little club got its name?”

“Our order,” Drinkel, “traces its heritage from the Sons of Liberty. We are America.”

“Yeah, whatever.” Bones dismissed him with a wave, but Drinkel flinched, apparently expecting to be hit again. “So, what were these trials?”

“It’s all crap. It was written around the time of the Civil War by an author who wrote similar things for a lot of figures from history. Supposedly, the first trial was the American Revolution, the second the Civil War, and the third, the most grave, had the nations of the world uniting beneath a black cloud. America teeters on the brink, but we pull together and win in the end.”

Now it was Drinkel’s turn to laugh. “That’s the prophecy you think you know. The true one, handed down from the days of our Founding Fathers, tells a different story.”

“And what would that be?” Dane was sure the guy was a nutter, but there had to be a connection between his presence here and search for the lanterns.

“The threat comes from within. The government is corrupt, prostituting itself to the lowest of the low. It must be brought down and rebuilt according to the vision of the Fathers. We will open the Gate of Freedom and all true patriots will come charging through to reclaim our nation.”

“If you already know what the prophecy says, why do you need to find it?”

Drinkel hesitated but hurried on when Bones started playing with the corkscrew. “Some of our members hold back. They need proof that the time to strike is now. Once the prophecy is revealed, others will flock to our cause. America’s eyes will be opened.”

“Open to what a freak you are.”

“And you think Professor Andrews had this prophecy?” Dane asked.

“I thought he might have the key.”

Dane went cold. If Drinkel knew about the lanterns, they had a big problem.

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