The Night Visitor, page 39
Corporal Rodriguez spoke through the microphone built into his orange Kevlar helmet. “Sarge, it’s a body. You copy me?”
The helicopter pilot had seen more than his share of corpses; his response was a professional monotone. “Roger that, Corporal. We’ll descend to seven meters over the target. Prepare the sling.”
The ungainly craft hovered low, flaying the spruce branches with a noisy whirlwind. Rodriguez buckled himself into an array of heavy canvas straps. On signal from the pilot, he lowered himself toward the body, alternately cursing in English and praying in Spanish as he swung to and fro, a living weight on a perilous pendulum.
The pilot was pleased to hear the VHF radio report over the roar of the engine. “Sarge, it looks like… he’s alive!”
James D. Doss
The Night Visitor
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The Shaman Mysteries by
James D. Doss
THE SHAMAN’S GAME
THE SHAMAN SINGS
THE SHAMAN LAUGHS
THE SHAMAN’S BONES
THE NIGHT VISITOR
GRANDMOTHER SPIDER
WHITE SHELL WOMAN
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