The Sacred Weapon (A Tom Wagner Adventure Book 1) by M.C. Roberts & R.F. Maclay

Author:M.C. Roberts & R.F. Maclay [Roberts, M.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Near San Francesco-San Pietro, Lombardy, eighty miles southeast of Como

Ready to drop, Tom stomped along a path that crossed a field, heading for the nearest road. When he reached it, he sat down on a stone mile marker at the side of the road to collect his thoughts. The midday sun burned mercilessly. He could hardly believe how many obstacles he’d had to overcome in the last few days. The enemy he was dealing with seemed to be everywhere. No matter where he went, the guys with the tattoos were there too. And they were starting to wear him down.

Once again, Tom weighed his options and thought about what to do next. He was stuck in the wilds of Italy, somewhere between Cremona and Piacenza. He had the tattoo guys and the Italian police on his tail. His phone had been smashed during the fight on the train, he was sitting on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere, and he had no idea how he was going to make it to Como. Hellen had been kidnapped about 36 hours earlier. Whatever the kidnappers were up to, he knew she didn’t have much time left.

He was amazed at how quickly a life could be turned around—in fact, it was totally absurd. Out of the blue, his life was suddenly overflowing with exactly the kind of action and excitement that he’d been craving just a few days earlier. The thought made him smile. One thing was certain: if there were ever a worthy opponent in his fight to make the world just a bit safer, it was surely the tattoo gang.

The thought of making the world safer reminded him of his father. In the short time they had had together, his father had said Tom one thing that Tom had never forgotten: “If you find something in life you believe in, never let go of it. You will never forgive yourself if you do. For the rest of your life, you’ll wonder what your life could have been like if you’d only kept trying.”

So far, not much had gone his way. Every time he’d faced the tattooed guys, he’d drawn the short straw. He needed to change that dynamic, and fast. He would free Hellen, find the artifacts, hand them over to Palffy, and then hunt down his parents’ murderer. As his friend Noah always said, “If there’s a knife stuck in my back, it’s not time to go home yet.” Tom felt new energy course through him and he realized suddenly just how much Hellen mattered to him. Whether or not they ever became a couple again, her well-being meant more to him than anything else in the world.

Tom stood up from the mile marker and followed the road north, hoping to hitch a ride. At the same time, however, he realized that no sane person would pick him up—not the way he looked. He could hardly believe his eyes when he walked around a bend just after a

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