Serpent of Moses (A Jack Hawthorne Adventure #2) by Hoesel Don

Author:Hoesel, Don [Hoesel, Don]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781441271099
Publisher: Baker Book Group
Published: 2012-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

When Jack’s eyes opened, he knew he hadn’t been out long because the dust and debris from the blast hadn’t yet settled. With a groan he forced himself up and, holding himself steady on one knee, blinked until his vision cleared enough to allow him to see a gap in the wall large enough to walk through. Beyond the hole he saw tracers cutting through the darkness and a glow that had to come from something on fire.

As he pushed himself to his feet, he heard moaning from off to his left. He turned and saw Templeton lying on the floor near the opposite wall. The blast must have lifted him and tossed him through the air like a child’s doll. Instinct caused him to take a step toward the injured man, but he overruled the impulse, theorizing that if he could make a noise at all, he wasn’t badly injured.

Instead, Jack crossed the room until he was close enough to the hole that he could lean out, although he did so carefully, staying to the side and positioning himself so he could see a good portion of the village without clearing the cement wall. Despite the light from whatever was burning, it was difficult to see anything clearly. As he stood there, though, he began to see people resolve in the darkness, their movements punctuated by gunfire. What he didn’t see was anyone paying any attention to the building he was in—a realization that urged him to action.

As he moved away from the wall, he realized he knew too little about local politics to understand who was attacking and why. But neither could he shake from his mind Templeton’s mention of the Israelis. From what Jack could recall about the political situation in the larger region, an Israeli military presence in Libya didn’t make any sense. Still, there were appropriate times to ponder such questions, and alone in a room with a newly formed window was definitely not that time.

Except, he had to remind himself, he wasn’t alone.

The Englishman had stopped his moaning, and from where he stood Jack couldn’t tell if the man was breathing. Jack had reached the door again and thought about leaving Templeton to whatever fate awaited him. It was what he would have done years ago; he would have walked out of the room, retrieved the staff if he could, and fled the village without a second thought. But then Jack wasn’t the man he once was, even if his inner growth didn’t seem to be happening fast enough for Espy.

Releasing a sigh, he turned away from the door and went to check on Templeton. A quick examination revealed a large discolored knot on the man’s forehead. Jack winced in sympathy, put a hand on the Englishman’s shoulder, and gave him a rough shake that pulled the man up from the depths. When Templeton’s eyes fluttered open, Jack leaned in close.

“I’m getting out of here,” he said. “Do you think you can walk on

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