The Walls of Lemuria (42 page)
“Doesn’t matter now. What matters is they’re going to keep hunting us.”
“Yeah,” Norris said quietly. He had clearly come to the same conclusion during the night. “So what are we going to do about that?”
“We can’t lead them to the others. Not if they’re still downriver waiting for us.”
“You think they might be?”
“Gillian’s stubborn enough.”
“So we try to lose them first. Don’t give them a chance to stumble across the kids. I don’t like the idea of doing all of this, risking my life and jumping into a river, only to lead them right back to the others.”
“That’s what I figured. It’s a big state. If they want a fight, we’ll give them one. Besides, Santa Marie Island isn’t going anywhere.”
“Sounds about right.”
“You good with this?”
“Shit, I’ve already overstayed my welcome,” Norris said. “Why the hell not?”
Keo grinned.
“Daebak.”
Norris grunted. “Yeah,
day-
whatever.”
Snap!
Keo rolled onto his stomach and peered out over the edge of the hunting stand as a black-clad figure stepped out from behind two thick bushes in front of them, clutching an M16 rifle. The man’s face was painted black and green, and he was carrying a tactical pack and wearing heavy boots that
crunched
and
snapped
everything under him as he moved.
“You see him?” Norris whispered.
“Yeah,” Keo whispered back, while peering through the sight mounted on top of his MP5SD.
He lowered the red dot over the man’s forehead, clear as day under the swarming sunlight. Keo flicked the fire selector to semi-automatic and slipped his forefinger into the trigger guard.
“We really gonna do this?” Norris whispered. “We’re probably going to die, you know.”
“Yeah, I know,” Keo said.
He pulled the trigger.
“One down…”
Hi there, boys and ghouls.
For those of you just getting your first taste of the
Purge of Babylon
universe with
The Walls of Lemuria
, the whole shebang originally began with
The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival
back in 2013. While
Lemuria
was designed as a starting point for newcomers to the series, and indeed follows an all-new cast of characters, if you liked what you’ve read there’s a bigger ongoing universe waiting for you with
Purge
and its two follow-ups,
The Gates of Byzantium
and
The Stones of Angkor
.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…er, I mean, if you enjoyed
The Walls of Lemuria,
please consider taking a brief moment to leave a review for it at a bookseller of your choice. Even a short review would be tremendously appreciated.
As for Keo, his storyline concludes in…
The Fields of Lemuria
(Coming in September 2014)
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