by Greg Cox
“Snitch!” Pete accused her. “That’s it. I’m not letting you win at Halo anymore.”
“Right.” Claudia snorted. “Like you ever had a chance. . . .”
Artie held up his hand to forestall any further discussion. “That’s enough, both of you.” Plopping himself down in an empty chair, he opened his satchel and pulled out a bulging accordion file. “We have work to do.” His gaze alighted on the breakfast spread. “Ooh, croissants!”
“Just one,” Leena advised. “Remember your triglycerides.”
Myka was intrigued by the file. “What do you have for us, Artie?”
“A ping if I ever saw one.” Artie helped himself to a single croissant. “Seems the dead are rising in New Orleans. . . .”
That got everyone’s attention.
“Marie Laveau’s voodoo doll?” Claudia guessed.
“So it would seem.” Artie handed Pete and Myka a pair of plane tickets. “Your flight is in an hour.”
Myka gulped down the last of her coffee. She nodded at Pete. “Flip you for the Tesla.”
“You’re on.” He grabbed a croissant for the road. “The Big Easy, here we come.”
Myka grinned in anticipation.
“The beignets are on me.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Looking back, I wanted to write a Warehouse 13 novel as soon as I watched the first episode, but it took a lot of people to make that possible.
First of all, I want to thank my editor, Jen Heddle at Pocket Books, for recruiting me in the first place, and my agent, Russ Galen, for making the deal happen. And the real-life proprietors of Warehouse 13—Jack Kenny, Nell Scovell, Drew Z. Greenberg, Ian Stokes, and others—for generously sharing their time and expertise. And Chris Lucero at NBC Universal for making the whole process run smoothly.
Finally, I can’t forget my girlfriend, Karen, who put up with me babbling about artifacts and neutralizers and Tesla guns for months, and insisting on watching the episodes over and over. And our four-legged offspring, Lyla, Churchill, Henry, and Sophie, as well as their big brother Alex, who passed away while this book was being written. It feels very strange to be writing this without him sleeping in the background somewhere. He will be missed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GREG COX is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books and short stories. He has written the official movie novelizations of Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Death Defying Acts, and all three Underworld movies, as well as novels and stories based on such popular series as Alias, Buffy, CSI, Farscape, The 4400, The Green Hornet, Roswell, Star Trek, Underworld, Xena, and Zorro. He has received two Scribe Awards from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
His official website is www.gregcox-author.com.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR