Dane Maddock Origins- Omnibus 1 by David Wood & Rick Chesler & Steven Savile & Sean Ellis

Author:David Wood & Rick Chesler & Steven Savile & Sean Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action adventure, men's adventure, pulp thriller, amber room, templar treasure, romanovs, faberge egg, cussler, ancient mysteries
Publisher: Adrenaline Press
Published: 2016-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Professor patched Shaw up as best he could under the circumstances. The gash was deep and had done bone damage that couldn’t be dealt with here on the ice with basic field supplies.

“If we’re lucky they’ll have something on the submarine,” Professor suggested, packing away the limited first aid kit they were carrying. He’d dressed the wound and given Shaw a morphine shot to dull the pain. He couldn’t do any more than that.

“Then the sooner we get there the better,” Maddock said. “We aren’t going to find help anywhere else.”

“What are we doing about Seb?” Shaw whispered.

“He comes with us,” Maddock said. “The ice is too thick for us to break through to the ground and bury him without proper tools. Even if we built a snow bank and a stone cairn to cover him, we can’t risk the Russians stumbling across his body. So we’re taking him home.”

Professor considered the implications of trying to get a corpse across the mountains. Maddock knew what was going through his mind. The order had just made the trek exponentially more difficult. But that didn’t matter. No man was getting left behind. It wasn’t happening.

“I’ll strap him to the sledge,” Bones said. “It’ll mean redistributing supplies with everyone carrying more than before.”

“Give Leopov and the Russian a pack if you need to. Shaw won’t be taking one up the hill.”

“I am here you know,” Nate reminded them in a weak voice. “And I’m not going to let someone else carry my share. Don’t worry about me. While I’m breathing, I’ll be good.”

They were on the move within the hour.

Maddock led the way with Leopov and the Russian behind him. Professor took first shift pulling the sledge. Nate Shaw had wanted to do it, but Maddock told him to wait his turn. They’d make it somehow. But they’d only make it if they did it together. It was as simple as that.

The lower slopes were frustratingly slow going despite the fact that there were narrow tracks through the ice. They began to crumble underfoot as the team made its way through the gullies and ravines and across the ridges of ice. Each obstacle became a feat of endurance and endeavor. Rocks and boulders rose through the ice, until the ground turned brown and started to show the first sign of spring.

“The mountains have their own microclimate,” Professor said as they got the sled moving again. He was breathing hard after righting it once more.

“Not that you would notice.” Bones looked around as if the very landscape affronted him. “Once it gets this cold it’s basically just cold. Anything else is just fancy words to say even colder.”

Professor was about to offer a riposte when he lost his footing. Shale slid beneath his boots. He reached out to prevent his fall, but the weight of the body on the sledge dragged him back down the incline a dozen steps before anyone could react to arrest his backward fall. Bones moved faster still, putting himself behind the sledge and what would have been a long way down for Professor.

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