The Thrones of Eden 3 (Eden) by Rick Jones

Author:Rick Jones [Jones, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Mystery, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, Historical, War & Military, Thrillers, Military, Genre fiction, Thriller, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Hive Collective
Published: 2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

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The Turk was exhausted, the man screaming as long and as loud as his body would permit without sending him into another state of unconsciousness.

The world was dark. The shadows were even darker. The walls and angles clearly defined in Gani’s light. But something loomed beyond the light’s fringe. It first began with a hum, then a disharmonious resonance of a flat line, the sound long and steady and continuous, the measure heightening with every passing moment, the noise getting closer, getting louder.

Then he saw them.

A rolling black tide that was as alive as he was, a life form that had no sense of contrition or remorse, without any compassion or willingness to absolve the man for his trespasses against the temple of Mintaka, and simply saw him as prey.

They moved in and gathered close, surrounding him as if to study their best approach, building upon one another until a wall was mounting and getting higher, the scarabs like children climbing over one another for a better look, their curiosity piquing.

They were coming down at him from the walls, their scaling abilities defying gravity as they clung to the angled surfaces.

Their mandibles clacked in a deafening manner, a raw form of communication, each message an appraisal of the man who lay against the wall all going off at once, each trying to convey a message where it appeared that everyone was talking but nobody was listening.

Gani reached into his backpack and immediately found what he was looking for by its unique shape. He quickly pulled out a hand grenade and exhibited it to the scarabs, not sure why he did so other than it would somehow provide a possible deterrence.

But it didn’t.

The scarabs were closing in.

From above and around, their mandibles pinched at his feet, testing, teasing, each one examining to see if their foe was a formidable one.

It wasn’t.

They began to pinch off pieces of meat as Gani screamed, the pain immeasurable as they began to climb his legs, their mandibles attaching themselves to the exposed bone and then breaking it off, the insects quickly scrabbling off with its bounty to get at the marrow.

Bones and flesh began to tear away, the man breaking down to nothingness as he reached over and pulled the pin of the grenade.

Gani then waited for what he believed would be the eventual coming of the ‘Light of Loving Spirits.’

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