Here I am at the edge

Avenging Angel 2 This sample below is an extract from a new  Science Fiction  sequel. To get the background to the extract, read my  e-book   www.draft2digital.com/book/150338 . The rebels began to calm as the burning body of their comrade fell off the truck, drilled with a precise shot through the back of the head that killed painless and quick. The smells of burning flesh and hair thick in the dry air. A lone voice cried out, "Shit, did anyone see who the shooter was?"  Heads turned to the site of where they thought the shot came from but all the saw was a dying glow in the distance where the affluent area of Kedgetown stood.  Houses and blocks blazed as the fire crews fought the endless battle to contain the flames, but the heat was so intense the tenders needed to stay out of range and spray water from the distance, any water that did reach the building turned to droplets of steam, long before the water could do any good.  The fire chief, ...

Avenging Angel  This segment is an excerpt from my new story about a priest on a mission.  The two cops looked down at the body slumped against the wall, and the victim was a male, in his 30's and from his clothes, he was an out-of-towner. It is easy to tell the out-of-towners by their clothes. The clothes were high quality, designed for style, not for durability. The folks who lived in Kedgetown had got used to the foul smells given off by the power plants, and the waste piles that covered the tight lanes. Style meant nothing when within minutes of walking out of your house, you got coated in ash, and the smell of refuse clung to you like an evil-smelling cloak. Joe Hash – a former policeman – now a low-grade collector of the dead bodies that littered the streets glanced at his colleague, Pete Frome, and said, "Same M.O. as the last one?" Pete didn’t need more than a brief glance. The pose, card, and Biblical quote were identical. "Sure, what did you ...