The Last Airship by Christopher Cartwright

Author:Christopher Cartwright [Cartwright, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, Sea Adventures, Thrillers & Suspense, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 1517360919
Amazon: B013TDU22K
Publisher: Ashton Publishing Group
Published: 2015-08-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

John Wolfgang didn’t believe it when he received the report that Sam Reilly was still alive, and that now he and Tom Bower, of all people, were preparing to dive Lake Solitude. He was bewildered that the man had survived, not that he knew much about him. On the other hand, he had known almost immediately when he’d first met Tom Bower that he would be a hard man to deceive.

What were they trying to achieve?

John had understood, simply enough, that Sam had made the connection between the threat on his life, and his friend, Kevin Reed’s discovery of the gold, followed by the subsequent unexplained death of Kevin and his wife, Sally, and that he had then come searching for the Magdalena. What puzzled John was what could have possibly made Sam start searching on the southern side of the Alps? Surely, he knew as well as anyone else, that an airship could never have cleared such high mountains.

Whatever their purpose, he was certain that they were on the wrong track. But even so, what could he do about it?

The solution presented itself to him.

But, was he over playing his new friendship?

John decided that the risk was worth it, and made the phone call.

“What do you have for us?” It was the same cold voice of the woman who had spoken to him previously.

“I know exactly where they will be by tomorrow morning,” he said.

“Good.” The woman’s voice maintained its air of superiority and hostility.

“But you will need to hurry to get a team in place,” he continued.

Serendipity, so it would seem, had provided him with the perfect trap.

Of course he’d checked out Lake Solitude years ago. It was one of perhaps a dozen early choices years ago, back when he’d first started looking for the Magdalena in earnest.

That was where he’d discovered the downed B26 Bomber.

And, at that depth, Sam Reilly would be an easy target.

*

At first, Sam thought he was simply seeing the remains of the pilot.

Then, he saw the light turn on behind the remains…

Followed by a number of others.

“Where the hell did they come from?” He wondered, aloud. Something instinctively told him to switch off his LED.

“Beats the hell out of me,” Tom said, following suit.

One after the other, he saw the divers emerge from the crack in the bomber’s fuselage, and swim towards them.

There was nothing obviously menacing about them, but he knew for certain that something wasn’t right.

“I don’t think they’re recreational divers on a holiday,” Sam noted.

“Neither do I – let’s get the hell out of here!”

The dark figures started swimming rapidly towards them.

Sam didn’t wait to count them, but at a glance, he could tell there were at least eight of them. And there was something familiar about them, too.

Sam couldn’t quite put his hand on it to begin with. But there was something about the way they moved in such perfect unison.

Had he seen their dry suits before?

Then he realized that he had indeed.

They’re Navy SEALs.

“They’re Navy SEALs, Tom. We’re in worse trouble than I thought.

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