"Jack Yeovil - Route 666" - читать интересную книгу автора (Yeovil Jack)

Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html




Dark Future



Route 666



Jack Yeovil



PROLOGUE: THE BOOK OF JOSEPH
 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html




I

UtahTerritory, 1854

"Elder Shatner, look," said Brother Carey, pointing to the high country, "thou canst see a horseman,
alone."

Hendrik Shatner turned casually in the saddle. In the light of the coming dawn, the lines of the ancient
and rugged table rocks were becoming visible. Young Carey saw true. A rider was picking a careful
way, silhouetted against red-threaded sky.

Hendrik shivered with sudden insight. If he stopped and dismounted, he could draw a clear rifle bead
before the horseman was out of sight. It would not be a certain kill at this range, but he had made more
difficult shots.

His rifle hung from his saddle-horn in its soft leather sheath. Store-bought in the East, it had been his
companion for a good few years.

In the desert stillness, the report of the shot would carry for miles, probably as far asNew Canaan . He
could not risk alerting the Gentiles. Still, his gut-twinge told him this bloody business would go better
without the unknown stranger drifting through. He wished he had availed himself of the skills of the
Brethren's Paiute allies and learned how to bring down a hawk with a silent arrow.

"Is't one of the Indians?" Brother Carey asked.

Hendrik shook his head. The horseman sat on a saddle and wore a hat His gaze was fixed on his rocky
path. To him, the deep crack of the canyon would be a river of dark. The raiding party were