The Lost Ark by J. R. Rain

Author:J. R. Rain [Rain, J. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781105849916
Google: kiOAMAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1105849910
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-06-14T12:00:00+00:00

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The eastern sky was brightening from a midnight black to a midnight purple. Snow continued to drift across camp in a satiny veil with irregularity and little enthusiasm. We were led from Omar’s private tent to the massive tent that dominated the center of camp, rising before us like a skyscraper of white nylon. The whole thing was anchored in place by stakes so massive that the Titanic would have been kept at bay. The flapping of hundreds of square yards of white nylon fabric was thunderous—the sound of ocean waves crashing against a rocky shore.

At the entrance stood a handful of soldiers, submachine guns strapped to their backs like arrows in a quiver. Omar and his Merry Men.

The wind pressed the emir’s robe against his frail body, revealing his narrow, emaciated frame, as his headcloth flapped behind him like a cape. Omar was inconspicuously hanging on to the arm of his bodyguard, should the emir be blown away on the wind. Farid was carrying an odd sort of metal suitcase that appeared quite heavy, even for him. There was another man I noticed for the first time. He was small, with round features. His glasses had ice on them, which he rubbed with a gloved finger. He looked nervous and anxious.

Faye’s hand found mine, and squeezed. I squeezed back. Her fingers were frighteningly cold. I lifted her hand up to my mouth and let out a steady stream of hot air from deep within my lungs to warm her fingers.

As Omar spoke, there was a brief flicker of his old self: slick, cool, and ready to conquer the world. He grinned wickedly, looking remarkably like a ringmaster at a circus, about to introduce the next freakish display of human deformity. All he needed was a top hat and a whip. Omar motioned with his hand and Farid pushed aside the tent opening.

Omar said, “This way, if you please.”

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