The Crystal Code (2012)
“He couldn’t slow down or they would risk sinking into the carpet of fresh powder.
He aimed between two stands of redwoods and shot through the gap. The engine screamed with the strain. They bounced into an open field, ploughing a furrow through the snow. Gerald thought the cottage must be two or three kilometres to their left but he didn’t want to turn yet.
Then Felicity was yelling into his ear. ‘There’s two of them,’ she cried. ‘Right behind us.’ No sooner had the wind whipped her wor...ds away than Gerald heard the twin drones of two snowmobiles. He shot a look over his shoulder. There they were, about fifty metres away. Two headlights, bobbing across the field. It had stopped snowing and a full moon burst through a break in the clouds, flooding the mountainside with light. Gerald could plainly see the black-clad men urging their machines on, riding them like thoroughbreds towards the finish line.
And they were gaining.MoreLess
He aimed between two stands of redwoods and shot through the gap. The engine screamed with the strain. They bounced into an open field, ploughing a furrow through the snow. Gerald thought the cottage must be two or three kilometres to their left but he didn’t want to turn yet.
Then Felicity was yelling into his ear. ‘There’s two of them,’ she cried. ‘Right behind us.’ No sooner had the wind whipped her wor...ds away than Gerald heard the twin drones of two snowmobiles. He shot a look over his shoulder. There they were, about fifty metres away. Two headlights, bobbing across the field. It had stopped snowing and a full moon burst through a break in the clouds, flooding the mountainside with light. Gerald could plainly see the black-clad men urging their machines on, riding them like thoroughbreds towards the finish line.
And they were gaining.MoreLess
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