THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter II

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter II

David White stared at me, his expression one of initial shock wearing toward unwilling acceptance.  Watching him make up his mind was an exercise in patience, but also a participation in entertainment.  I waited for him to move.  Movement meant life.  Movement meant...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter I

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter I

Prologue The mission on the island of Mallorca, located just off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, was concluded.  A lot of nothing had happened, at least from a perceived observational conclusion by both Dave White, my assigned partner, and I.  I’d killed a...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXX

My partner, David, was likely fast asleep in the room we shared, a hundred and fifty feet up from where I played with and inside my ocean. I could not use the lobby, the elevators, or even the stairs to reach that room as the body lying on the far shore would bring an...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXIX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXIX

We flew on toward the night, the oval porthole set into the curved fuselage of the plane allowing for direct view now that the craft was turned toward the west and the sun wasn’t dancing all over the plexiglass, making everything outside look like it was covered in...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XIX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XIX

With both Marcinko and I riding inside the Rover and the radio off, there was a silence punctuated only by the sound of passing air as we traveled, the whine of the V8 well insulated under the hood and the hiss of radial tires passing over hot asphalt. Marcinko had...

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