by Bill Craig
“Halt! Put your hands behind your heads!” ordered a voice with a thick German accent.
“Aw crap!” Hannigan said.
“Hardluck or no luck,” Shotsky sighed.
*****
Bridget looked up as the dust cloud rose into the air. “Hannigan,” she gasped. She started towards the rubble but Niles McKenzie grabbed her shoulder, drawing her back.
“He’s gone, Bridget,” McKenzie said. She felt tears coursing down her cheeks, cutting tracks through the dust
“He can’t be gone, Dad, I love him,” Bridget sobbed. She felt his arms tighten around her.
“I’m sorry Bridget,” Niles McKenzie said, and for her sake, he truly meant it. Neither of them noticed the silver zeppelin pass overhead. Bridget stayed in her father’s embrace for a long time. Finally he let her go and together they started back to where she had landed the Duck.
*****
Hans Wessel looked at the two prisoners that his men had recovered. From what they had told him, the Emerald of Eternity had been lost when the lost city had collapsed, taking Ragnarok with it. Ragnarok was no loss, but the emerald was. No matter, at least he had the two prisoners to deliver to the Kondor Legion.
Author Bio
Bill Craig is a single father and criminology student. With 3 grown children and a 2 year old at home plus going to school, he finds life to be an adventure in its own right. As a long time fan of 1940’s pulp novels, Craig decided to take a stab at one of his own and Hardluck Hannigan was born. Mr. Craig is also the author of the Jack Riley adventures and the Sam Decker mystery Scorpion Cay. He is currently working on the next Hardluck Hannigan novel as well as a follow-up to Scorpion Cay.