Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth by Max McCoy

Author:Max McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Indiana Jones
Published: 2013-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

Indy unlocked the door to the Pontalba Suite and unbuckled the rapier as he entered the room. He threw the weapon on the couch in the sitting room, then squirmed out of the doublet and folded it beside it.

He sat for a moment on the couch, his head in his hands.

"What have I done?" he mumbled.

Indy was tired. He knew he needed sleep, but he also knew that he didn't have time for sleep. He wearily got up, walked into the bedroom, and searched for the pile of old clothes he had shed earlier in the day. They had been washed, and pressed, and were laid in a neat bundle on top of the newly made bed. His fedora, freshly cleaned and blocked, was next to the bundle.

"Swell," Indy muttered as he unwrapped the twine around the package. He shook out the shirt, found the left sleeve, and held it beneath the light. The number he had penciled there was still visible, but barely.

He reached for the phone, got the hotel operator, and gave her the number. The operator said she would ring when she had made the connection.

Indy eased himself down on the bed and closed his eyes. A few minutes later the phone woke him.

"Jones?" a crisp voice asked. "This is Colonel William Markham. We've been trying to reach you. What in thunder are you doing in New Orleans?"

"Business," Indy said. "Get to the point."

"I understand you may be able to help us," Markham said. "You're an expert on this hokum that the Nazis believe in. True?"

"I'm an archaeologist," Indy explained tiredly. "But sometimes my research does take into account ancient beliefs that can seem rather strange to us today."

"Well, the Germans are flying about the Arctic in one of their dirigibles," Markham said. "They seem to be looking for some kind of lost civilization. But the cables we have intercepted seem to suggest they are looking for something of military and not historical importance."

"Go on," Indy said.

"They keep referring to some obscure power source, something called Vril. Are you familiar with it? Is it a kind of mineral or something?"

"I don't know for sure," Indy said.

"Well, their cables to Berlin indicate that this stuff has the ability to manipulate matter, to transform or control it in some way. If they find it, that would fulfill their dream of becoming some type of super race."

"Look," Indy said. "You seem to know as much about all of this as I do. I really can't tell you much more. It seems like fairy tales to me, except—"

"What is it, Dr. Jones?"

"Well, there are some who believe fervently in the legend. It is a matter of national pride, I suppose. I've had a couple of run-ins with them, and even if the story is a myth, they're treating it as gospel. They are prepared to kill for their beliefs, even if Vril has no basis in fact."

"I agree," Markham said.

"Then why are you asking me about it?"

"Because we'd like you to lead an American expedition into the region where the Nazis are searching," Markham said.

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