SMALL BEGINNINGS: PREVIEW
By Bryant Perkins
Prologue
I’m
running; running after a killer, a madman, running after answers, questions,
fears, and possibly to my death.
The
steady flickers of street lamps above do little to illuminate the dark and empty
streets below. But I can still make him out through the gloom. A calm silence
amplifies the staccato footfalls of a man racing away from me as well as the
rhythmic beating of my own panic stricken heart.
He
knows where she is, he knows who took her. God, please let her be ok.
He
makes a sharp right down an ancient granite staircase and towards the many
brightly painted taxi boats that always line the dimly lit waterways.
On
any other night such a staircase would have lead an ordinary man to an ordinary
boat. Now, however, that same staircase is leading a very extraordinary killer,
towards a very quick escape, and I just can’t let that happen.
He’s
wearing down. “I got you…vile son of a bitch!”
Come back June 1st for the release of Chapter 1: Anybody Home...?
ABOUT SMALL BEGINNINGS:
A secret organization of scientist are hunting a New York City antique dealer (Enoch Smalls) and a female anthropologist (Katherine Assoui) who just happen to stumble across the wrong ancient artifact.
With no one to trust and very few places to hide, the reluctant pair must comb through the pages of antiquity and a crumbling biblical past in an effort to keep the artifact from falling into the hands of cold-blooded genius killers.
There is much at stake, as this ancient relic could either propel the world towards a new era of technological advancement or plunge it into chaos, and darkness.
About The Author:
Bryant Perkins originally began his writing career as a news reporter, writing dozens of articles for The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Xenia Daily Gazette, and Lancaster Eagle Gazette. However, it was his love of Science Fiction that lead him to write his first short story - Where Gods Go - in 2001, a story about what happens when alien prisoners have to clear their names after being wrongfully convicted of genocide.
In "Small Beginnings" Perkins hopes to create a Sci-Fi world out of a modern day existence and ensure that every page is filled with action, adventure, love and hope.
