Emerald Death by Bill Craig

Author:Bill Craig [Craig, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Arctic Wolf
Published: 2008-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Hannigan gripped his .45 and breathed in the smells of burning petroleum, cordite and blood. It was a nauseating odor, but it was also the smell of victory. McKenzie knelt on the aft deck of the riverboat muttering the last rites over one of the pirates that hadn’t been dragged off by the crocodiles. Bridget stood amidships, holding an Enfield rifle loosely in her hands, with her head bowed as if in prayer.

The element of surprise had served them well. With Hannigan and Morgan rowing determinedly, it had taken only a couple of minutes to reach the riverboat. The four of them had hurried aboard and Morgan had passed out rifles to Bridget and McKenzie. He had taken the gun reluctantly, but with a sigh of grim determination accepted it and knelt down behind the gunwale.

“We’re going to be outnumbered,” Hannigan had hissed in the darkness.

“It’s too late to run away,” the boat’s captain had argued.

“That’s not what I mean. We need to do something to tip the balance in our favor.” He glanced around, looking for inspiration, and when he spied the spare fuel cans, he found it.

Working feverishly, Hannigan had rigged one of the cans into a giant Molotov cocktail, and decanted the rest of the petrol into the water. Then armed with both his trusty .45 and his Zippo lighter, he had crouched behind the low gunwale and waited as the sound of the other boat drew closer.

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