Anno Frankenstein
Page 28
Slowly, Ulysses turned his stupefied gaze to the object gripped tightly, yet momentarily forgotten, in his right hand.
It was a knife, its hilt slick with blood, its blade bloodied too, as was the palm of Ulysses’ right hand.
“Shit,” he said with a heartfelt sigh, letting the knife fall from his fingers again.
A thunderous banging from somewhere below had him leaping to his feet, despite the pulsing pain of the gun shot wound.
The furious knocking subsided and a gruff voice shouted, “C’est les gendarmes! Ouvrir la porte!”
“Oh boy,” he heard a small voice say.
The voice was his own.
“Not again.”
THE END
About the Author
JONATHAN GREEN is a freelance writer, with more than twenty-five books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, and numerous Black Library publications, he has also written fiction for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Sonic the Hedgehog and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He is the creator of Pax Britannia and Anno Frankenstein is his seventh novel for Abaddon Books. He lives and works in West London. To find out more about the steampunk world of Pax Britannia, set your Babbage engine’s ether-relay to www.PaxBritannia.com.
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