THE ROOSEVELT CONSPIRACY: An Archaeological Thriller by Matt James

Author:Matt James [James, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2021-01-06T22:00:00+00:00

Jack had no idea what to believe. His impromptu getaway driver, Chaska, a man in the late stages of his life with an admiration for cheap scotch, had just spun some fanciful yarn about his grandfather and President Roosevelt being close friends. Was it possible? Sure, but the part about there being an entrance to a Native American underworld where the souls of the Seven Sisters resided sounded ridiculous.

“Did you know,” Jack said, speaking softly to Bull and Hawk, “that the Hopi and the Maya believed in tunnels that led to the underworld?”

All three men were spread out around Chaska’s warm living room. The local had retired to his room for the night and left his guests to themselves. Now, it was just Jack and the Durhams, and no one could sleep.

“Don’t tell me you believe in that garbage,” Hawk scoffed.

“I’m not saying that I do, but I think that we have to understand that not all people were as educated as we are now. Chaska’s story would’ve taken place over a hundred years ago. His grandfather’s belief system would’ve still been strong.”

“I still don’t follow,” Hawk replied, sitting up.

Jack also sat up, but it was Bull who spoke next.

Still flat on his back, he said, “Jack thinks that there’s a real tunnel that leads to a cave system beneath Devils Tower and that Chaska’s grandfather’s interpretation, while farfetched, has merit.”

Jack shrugged. “Yeah, we’ll go with that.”

It wasn’t exactly what he was thinking, but it was close enough. Jack was also going to add that Chaska’s ancestor might’ve been inebriated when he had retold the story. Alcohol abuse was common in several Native American cultures, especially for those people who had lived a century ago. Just like Hawk’s father, Jack thought. It was why Jack didn’t bring it up. There was no reason to stir ‘that’ pot.

“You guys didn’t see anything to suggest that there’s a passage beneath Devils Tower today, did you?”

“No,” Bull and Hawk replied in one voice.

“Then again,” Hawk continued, “we didn’t get far before Zietz grabbed us. It’s certainly possible that we missed something.”

“But is it possible that the thousands upon thousands of people that have visited the monument over the last hundred years have also missed something?”

Jack’s question went unanswered—which meant, no, it wasn’t possible. Somebody would’ve found something eventually. The odds were too great.

“Now what?” Hawk asked, lying back down. “I can’t go home tomorrow with Zietz still out there.”

“I’m not sure, to be honest,” Jack said, plopping down. “But no, you can’t go home yet.” He rolled onto his side, toward the front window of the home. “Either way, we should head back to Devils Tower in the morning, just in case.”

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