Purgatory Origins: Powers of Darkness
Publication date: October 21, 2014
SYNOPSIS
When Professor Harrison Standish, a bookish young
archeologist inadvertently stumbles upon an ancient burial chamber in Egypt, he
is baffled to find symbolism inside that would appear to date from two
different historical periods, thousands of years apart. Suspecting the tomb had
been tampered with at some point in the distant past, Professor Standish soon
discovers the skeletons of ten half-human/half-canine creatures lying in a far
corner of the chamber and his initial bafflement now turns to shock. What kind
of ancient madman would be conducting such a horrific experiment?
As Dr. Standish endeavors to explain this mystery over the
ensuing days, he happens upon a news report, suggesting that these same
grotesque, half-human/half-canine creatures have come to life in the remote
mountains of Wyoming and he is immediately on the next flight. By the time he
arrives in Wyoming, a World War II Nazi bomber has materialized out of the sky
and crashed off the coast of France and a Nazi general named Schmitz has
stumbled into the 21st century, leaving behind evidence of his presence in
Professor Standish's ancient burial chamber back in Egypt, all of which sets
the stage for a rollicking, nonstop, modern day fantasy/sci-fi adventure.
The cast of characters in Purgatory: Origins includes
Rachael, a pesky, auburn haired New York magazine correspondent, who is known
equally for her ability to sink her teeth into a story and her unwillingness to
let it go, Jason Kendall, an escaped rapist and killer who falls hard for
Rachael when they cross paths and turns out to have a past with our half human
creatures, and Harper, the ex-special forces FBI agent, whose primary goal is
finding Jason Kendall, getting him back behind bars and keeping him there for
the rest of his life but soon finds himself sucked into this mystery woven of
ancient symbolism, old Nazi war criminals and otherworldly creatures.
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“Sir, you’d best get up here. They’ve found
something and according to the captain of the search boat, it’s very strange.”
Jacques got to his feet wearily.
“Please wait here,” he said to the father and
son. “I will return soon.”
Back up on the Préfet Maritime vessel, the
inspector grabbed the radio receiver.
“Yes, this is Inspector Mitterand. What it is
you’ve found?”
“Sir, we have located a plane on the sea bed
that fits the general description and dimensions that your two witnesses
described. It’s in about 50 meters of water.”
“Very well, send your divers down and get back
to me once they’ve had a closer look.”
Jacques had started to hang up but heard a voice
coming through the receiver.
“Yes, what it is?”
“Sir, there is more.”
“There is more what?”
“The plane appears to be balancing on a deep
ocean trench.”
“And your point is?”
“Sir, there is no deep
ocean trench in this area. At least there should not be. I have worked the
waters off this coast for many years and have never heard of such a thing. I
can assure you it doesn’t exist on any of the ocean charts we have.”
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The Author
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Darryl Olsen is a writer who lives in Sydney, he was
educated on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and after leaving school
joined the Australian Regular Army. Darryl Olsen now writes part time, and when
he is not finishing off his latest novel, you can catch Darryl at the gym
lifting heavy weights, but still avoiding all forms of leg work.
Darryl Olsen is the author of the Purgatory series with the
first title, Purgatory, Soldiers of Misfortune- now available. Stay tuned for
the second novel titled, "Purgatory Origins" He also wrote
"Children of the Gods-The Talon Project"
For more information about Darryl and his upcoming books
please go to www.darrylolsen.com or you can contact him on darryl@darrylolsen.com
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