Death Angel (32 page)

Authors: David Jacobs

He squeezed the trigger of the M–16 unleashing a quick short burst into her middle. She fought to raise the cane higher and he tilted the M–16 upward and shot her between the eyes.

She fell and lay there with her eyes open. Jack pried the cane from her hand and examined it. The base where the rubber tip had been was a black empty bore with traces and flecks of rubber around the edges that the shotgun blast hadn’t entirely dislodged.

The curved handle had a decorative metal band where it
met the shaft. When he twisted it, the curved handle came off, revealing the breech where a fresh shotgun shell had been loaded and was waiting for use. The trigger and firing pin were built into the curved handle.

Somewhere in the distance, church bells started ringing, reminding Jack Bauer that it was Sunday morning, about time for services to be letting out.

The church bells tolled, sounding a requiem for she who had been Annihilax.

Annihilax, the Death Angel—dead.

About the Author

DAVID JACOBS
is the author of over three dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including most recently the nonfiction titles
The Mafia’s Greatest Hits
and
Snakes on a Plane: The Complete Quote Book.
Other nonfiction titles include
Notes from The Barn,
the companion volume to
The Shield
TV series;
Best of Court TV
Volumes I-IV; and
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the FBI.
David is a longtime member of the Mystery Writers of America.

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Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Harper paperback printing: May 2010

EPub Edition © March 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200651-6

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