by Eoin Colfer
“Probably me!” said Bob cheerfully.
“So we need a motto, something to keep us going when the odds are against us.”
“Like the wind beneath our wings?” asked Riley.
“No, not like that. And thanks for putting that song in my head, by the way.”
She put her hand out and the others knew enough to cover her hand with theirs.
“Here’s to not getting killed,” she said, and then together they chorused:
“Not getting killed.”
It was the best they could hope for, given the circumstances.
EOIN COLFER is the author of the New York Times best-selling Artemis Fowl series and the first book in the critically acclaimed WARP series, as well as Airman, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Eoin Colfer’s Legend of… books, The Wish List, Benny and Omar, and Benny and Babe. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two sons.
To learn more about Eoin Colfer, visit his Web site at www.eoincolfer.com.