Chapter One
Croft Manor, England
Lara Croft hung upside down by a rope attached to the high ceiling beam. The
floor was wreathed in shadows far below.
Nothing moved in the darkness shrouding the room.
The world's greatest adventurer slid down another couple of inches along the
rope. She knew she wasn't alone in the room. Her body straight and perfectly
parallel to the rope, she made her decision between heartbeats, and turned
loose.
Lara dropped through the darkness, twisting her body like a cat, and landed in a
crouch. Her eyes raked the darkness as dust puffed at her feet.
A line of stone idols and massive statues loomed in the darkness around her.
Her sixth sense, developed from years of facing countless dangers in hundreds of
hostile situations across the globe, tripped, snapping her into motion. She
launched herself into an all-out run between the statues. Her dark braid slapped
at her back with every long stride.
She was clad for battle, dressed in black shorts and sleeveless shirt.
Fingerless gloves offered some protection to her hands, and her feet were
encased in steel-toed comba ... read full excerpt from Tomb Raider ebook
