The Edge of Darkness by Tim LaHaye & Bob Phillips

Author:Tim LaHaye & Bob Phillips [LaHaye, Tim & Phillips, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 9780553803259
Goodreads: 36245
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2006-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-TWO

MOSHE PEARLMAN had traveled many places in the world and throughout most of Israel, but he had never been to the original site of Ashdod. He took the highway leading south from Tel Aviv for about twenty miles and then headed west. He estimated that he was about ten miles north of the Gaza Strip. He was driving an old 911 Porsche from West Germany. It had given him many good years of service. It was also an old enough car that it didn’t attract any attention.

Before long he entered a large, low plain. Rising up from the plain he could see terraced hillsides covered with olive orchards and vineyards. He had heard that this area produced much olive oil. It was also famous for large quantities of the murex shell, which was valued for the purple dye it produced.

He stopped his car, leaned over, and grabbed his binoculars. He had been told by one of the archaeologists at Tel Aviv University that he would find the original site of Ashdod located on a small mound. He was also told that there had not been much interest in the site in recent years. The archaeologist was sure that there was more to be discovered there, but that archaeological interest had shifted to other locations in Israel.

Off in the distance he saw the ground rising and figured that it might be the spot. Focusing his binoculars, he scanned the area. His attention was soon focused on four vehicles parked to the north side of the mound. He could also make out the remains of an ancient block wall.

I’ll bet that’s the place. But what are those cars doing here?

He got back into his Porsche and drove toward the mound. He saw no one.

Strange.

Pearlman’s training with the Mossad made him very alert and very suspicious. He parked his car about a hundred yards from the other vehicles, behind an outcropping of rocks. He double-checked the clip in his automatic and put it back into his shoulder holster. He got out, donning a light jacket from the backseat to conceal his gun. He surveyed the area for any sounds or signs of movement. There were none.

I wonder where they are?

The closer he got to the vehicles the more curious he became. Carefully he looked into each car. There was nothing out of the ordinary except that these were not the type of vehicles one would take on an archaeological dig. They were too new, too nice, and too clean.

Again he looked around. They have to be here somewhere.

He examined the numerous footprints around the cars. He could clearly see the impressions they’d left in the light drifting sand. He followed the tracks away from the cars and toward the broken wall.

On the other side of the wall he saw another wall about twenty feet away. It had an opening in it about four feet high and about two-and-a-half feet wide. Pearlman approached, peering m, but he could only see a few feet into the dark.

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