APOCALYPSE UNLEASHED
Chapter One
Village-Designation South 14, U.S. Army Rangers
Seven Klicks North-Northeast of Harran
Sanliurfa Province, Turkey
Local Time 2104 Hours
Goose drove his boot through the frail wooden door of the burning
house. The door ripped free of its hinges with a loud screech that
nearly drowned out the noise of the flames greedily consuming the
structure. With an arm wrapped around his face to protect it from the
questing, twisting flames, he dashed through the doorway.
Inside the small room, he looked for the people he was certain
he'd seen through the window during his approach. Smoke blurred
his vision and stung his eyes.
He pulled his assault rifle to his shoulder immediately and
assumed a profile position that streamlined his body to make a
smaller target. He'd been carrying the weapon for so many years the
M-4A1 felt like a part of him.
"I'm First Sergeant Gander of the United States Army Rangers,"
he said in his command voice, stern and direct. "I'm here to get
you out."
Two teenagers hunkered down beside a patchwork chair that ... read full excerpt from: Apocalypse Unleashed ebook
