The Crown of Fire by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

The portrait was of a young man in Renaissance clothing. He wore a large black beret-like hat pitched far back on his head. A heavy fur wrap or cape—it might have been bear—was draped over one shoulder. His hair was long and brown, his face bright, and his lips half smiling. He sat before an open window, and the angle of his eyes suggested he was looking left and out of the frame of the portrait at the view outside.

The scene beyond the window was a gentle landscape of blue sky, bluer mountains, and green hills and trees. Nestled in the midst of the hills was a large white castle.

I’d never seen this picture before in my life. And now . . . twice? Copernicus had said, “Hope . . .” What did he mean?

Maybe more important, what does it mean that Kurt Stangl has it here? Since Lyra was a clue to Aquila, the eagle that was standing right here, was this painting a clue to yet another relic?

“Show’s over!” Rafe snapped. He nudged them to the door of the vault. “You die!”

Becca knew that whatever happened, they needed both the relic and the painting. She felt her arms and legs tense. Not knowing exactly what they could do, she was ready to do something, when a sound pierced the vault room.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

“Vhat is dat?” the elder Stangl gasped.

“The perimeter alarm! We have more visitors.” Rafe rushed to close the vault door, but even as he did, he tumbled back into the vault, surprised by two figures darkening the hallway, their guns drawn. The first was Ebner von Braun, his beady eyes narrowing as he entered. The second was Galina Krause. Following them were a half-dozen heavily armed men in commando uniforms.

Everyone froze.

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