Sky Hunters: Anarchy's Reign

290 Pages·2007·0.46 MB·English

by  Jack Shane

ANARCHY’S REIGN
JACK SHANE
For my good friend,
Scooter
Contents
Part One 1
Chapter 1
THE FREAK STORM HAD BEEN BATTERING THE
PACIFIC coastline for… 3
Chapter 2
THE SQUADRON OF ABRAMS M1-A1 TANKS RACED
across the desert… 11
Chapter 3
X-BATTALION WAS GONE TEN MINUTES LATER. 53
Chapter 4
THE SALOON WAS CALLED THE DROP DEAD INN. 71
Chapter 5
“EVER HEAR OF Q-SHIPS, COLONEL?” 77
Chapter 6
THERE WERE ONLY TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN
THE TINY coastal… 85
Part Two 97
Chapter 7
WEIR’S TEXTRON COPTER CIRCLED THE BRIAR
PATCH resort twice before… 99
Chapter 8
THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS. 117
Chapter 9
MANAGER JUAN PINTO WAS ASLEEP ON HIS FEET. 123
Chapter 10
THE SHIP WITH THE RED STACK HAD JUST
ARRIVED off… 135
Chapter 11
THE HUGE VIDEO SCREEN CAME TO LIFE WITH
A FLASH. 147
Chapter 12
THE FOUR A-10 THUNDERBOLTS TOOK OFF, TWO
AT A time,… 159
Chapter 13
THE BATTLE OF L.A. BEGAN AT PRECISELY 10:35 A.M. 165
Chapter 14
MAJOR JIM SHAW HADN’T STOPPED MOVING. 175
Chapter 15
THE COCKPIT OF THE TEXTRON HAD CRASHED
INTO AN alley… 187
Chapter 16
BOBBY AUTRY WAS ASLEEP WHEN THE KNOCK
CAME at the… 195
Chapter 17
BY 10:30 A.M. THE SMOKE COMING OVER THE
TREES AT… 205
Chapter 18
LIEUTENANT DAVIS SMITH WAS A REAL MESS
BY THE time… 237
Chapter 19
BOBBY AUTRY SPENT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
IN A PRIVATE… 263
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PART ONE

CHAPTER 1
THE FREAK STORM HAD BEEN BATTERING THE PACIFIC
coastline for six days.
It had made a mess of things in southern California.
Streets washed-out in Beverly Hills, heavy flooding in
the Valley, mudslides near Malibu. Large sections of Los
Angeles County had lost power. Phone service was out
too. Tsunami-sized waves had even chased the surfers
away from La Jolla and Ventura Beach.
The storm was far worse out at sea. The winds were
blowing at hurricane force fifty miles offshore. The rain
was coming down in sheets, and waves as high as forty
feet had been reported. Most Pacific gales blew them-
selves out in a day or two, but not this one. It seemed
like it would go on forever.
All this meant the U.S. Coast Guard had been busy all
week. Its main station in southern California was located
just north of San Diego at Los Quinos Point. All of its res-
cue boats were at sea, working overtime. Their mission: to