Praying for War: The Collin War Chronicles by Hoffman W.C. & Moon Tim

Author:Hoffman, W.C. & Moon, Tim [Hoffman, W.C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: 2 West Press
Published: 2016-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Sunrise from the top of dam was even more impressive than from his front porch. Golden spears of light began to lance down from the dips between mountain peaks. The valley glowed as nature began to wake up. Bird songs began to fill the air, while Collin adjusted his position on the re-purposed yoga mat that provided a minimal amount of comfort on the hard, concrete dam.

This morning though, Collin wouldn’t be able to enjoy its beauty. He had a job to do and it required his total focus. It was his first time on the dam and he was impressed with its size, relative to the size of the river. Collin couldn’t understand why it was so tall and just assumed it was because it needed space to house all the equipment needed to generate electricity. His knowledge of such things was minimal at best.

The rush of water exiting the dam below them would normally be enjoyable. Considering they were in a tactical situation, Collin couldn’t help feeling a little uneasy, since it would be easy for someone to sneak up on them. Major Logan assured Collin that the top of the dam was one of the safest places in Goshen.

Looking around at the mountains surrounding the dam, Collin believed him too. The two sides of the dam sat in stark contrast of each other. Whereas the valley held the town and prosperous farmland, like something out of a story book, the other side looked wild and rugged. Goshen’s dam sat between steep mountains and stood over three hundred fifty feet high. The dam itself stretched straight across the canyon, roughly four hundred feet across anchoring into a cliff on the far side, and a steep mountainside behind the town. The road leading to the dam was steep and winding.

Behind the dam, was a gorgeous blue lake stretching into the distance and disappearing around a curve behind a mountain. Major Logan mentioned that a treacherous river and waterfalls coming down off the mountains fed the lake. Collin could see one of the magnificent waterfalls cascading down the side of the mountain, crashing against a huge ledge, before falling further until it finally splashed into the lake. Spray from the waterfall twinkled in the rising sun. Collin imagined the rainbows you could see if you got closer.

“How far is the farmland from here?” Collin asked.

“We had a range finder, before some dumbass broke it,” Major Logan said. “According to the measurements we took, the near side of the field is six hundred meters and the far side is just over two thousand meters away. We’re looking at a range of roughly seven hundred fifty meters for the crate. Which is why I deploy the Barrett up here.”

Collin grunted. He didn’t think it was likely that Major Logan could shoot two thousand meters accurately, but less than a thousand meters shouldn’t be too difficult. Collin wondered if he was still proficient. Considering he hadn’t fired a rifle in almost two decades, if not longer, it was unlikely.

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