Dream Thing by Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir

Author:Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir [Murphy, Warren & Sapir, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373632541
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Published: 2005-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

When he opened his eyes again, the place looked just the same. The twilight gray was no darker or lighter than before, but the crusted blood in his hair told him he had been out long enough for his split face to bleed, clot and dry up. A few hours at least.

The vortex looked unchanged, and it was eerie how quiet it was. Millions of gallons of seawater were getting sucked away with only an unending hush.

Lagrasse had to get inland. He had to find out who was doing this and why. He turned away from the vortex and what he saw hit him like a sucker punch.

Ships. There were ships all over. Where had they come from? When he had passed out, he could swear there were just two wrecks within view--the Reliant and the smoldering ash that had been the pleasure yacht. Now the shore was dotted with wrecks, piled up together, bodies strewed everywhere. Lagrasse ran to a nearby fishing boat and found the bodies of the fishermen spilled out of the gashed hull with a few tons of the catch--so fresh that neither the men nor the fish were starting to rot.

He went next to a nearby pile of burning wreckage. There was a rotor blade poking out. A helicopter had crashed here, only to be plowed down by a fishing charter and at least two other small craft. It looked as if one man had survived the series of crashes, but not for long. The bloody trail ended where the body lay in a fetal ball.

Lagrasse heard the scream then. Not a human scream, but the shriek of steel. It started and didn't stop. Lagrasse knew that sound. It was engraved on his brain.

Then he saw the ship, careening over the rock surface as fast as a car, and the friction of the hull made it red-hot. The heat swept onto the deck, which became engulfed in a ball of flame. Human figures moved in the flash-fire and tossed themselves over the side. It was suicide. Their flaming bodies flopped and rolled and crumpled until they finally stopped.

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