The team crawled through endless tunnels until finally emerging from a storm drain that flowed into San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz Island, their destination, squatted out in the water like a castle surrounded by the world’s biggest moat. A couple of them, including Beta-B, were armed with what looke...
Marla waved away the cup of coffee Pelham brought to her side. “Yes, in a Senet game in Egypt, just before I came to America in the early 1700s.” Cole accepted a cup of tea, and his eyes took on a faraway look. “I gave it to one of my apprentices, a man named Malkin, befor...
Nicolette leaned in the doorway, the bib of her white overalls smeared with either blood or food. Zealand turned down the corner of the page he was reading. “Not particularly.” He reclined in the armchair beside the bed. The room they’d provided him was nicer than the one ...