Daemon
Harry Shannon
Language: English
Pages: 174
ISBN: 1929653948
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Black Ops specialist Jeff Lehane burned out fast and retired young. He still has nightmares about a bloody mission into Iraq, right on the eve of the war.
Yet Lehane reluctantly agrees to assist his ex-wife, who is guarding a Latino rap star. She is killed during the concert, and Jeff soon discovers that someone-or something-has broken into the morgue to eat from her corpse. Outraged, Lehane assembles his former team and they begin to hunt down the ghoul that is stalking Las Vegas.
"Sure. Why not?" "See if you can tell me why she died and what just happened out there." "If it's out there, I'll find it." Whiz yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Does this mean you're coming back to work for Charlie?" "No, it doesn't. I'm retired, man. You know that." Whiz grinned. "What are you willing to trade?" "Not a goddamned thing." "Okay, okay. I was just curious." He sighed and rolled his wheelchair backwards, then spun around and faced his keyboard again. "You go get some rest, Boss.
"Sure. Why not?" "See if you can tell me why she died and what just happened out there." "If it's out there, I'll find it." Whiz yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Does this mean you're coming back to work for Charlie?" "No, it doesn't. I'm retired, man. You know that." Whiz grinned. "What are you willing to trade?" "Not a goddamned thing." "Okay, okay. I was just curious." He sighed and rolled his wheelchair backwards, then spun around and faced his keyboard again. "You go get some rest, Boss.
mean." "We do, professor," Enrique offered. "Please go on." Kilani looked down again "According to R. Jeremiah bin Eliazar, Adam was excommunicated for one hundred and thirty years. Within that time frame he coupled and had more children in his own image. There are also references to this in versions of Genesis. Now, for our purposes please note that in Arabic these offspring were Mazikeen or Shedeem. In other words, his progeny became what we now know as the Jinn's. By the way, during his
in one form very much like a semi-human version of the Ifrit I described from A Thousand and One Nights, the Rakshasha. Often when seen the Rakshasha is nearly seven feet in height and looks a bit like a human tiger. Oddly, it is often extremely well dressed in silk and gold jewelry. These are shape-shifters, very powerful wizards and masters of deceit. They hate all other forms of life and are very cruel. They prey on infants and dead children, and if one sees through their illusions they are
to go and the safety was on. Everything was in order. Lehane removed the Glock from his belt holster, checked the clip and his spares, put everything away again. He stared through the open doorway, where a tiny glow was coming from the computer monitor. Lehane assumed the creature would just take it for a normal television set. He could not see Sandy from here, but knowing she was close by was a comfort. He closed his eyes. Sat there, alone in the dark, waiting. Guri checked in first. "One."