Train Wreck

By Dave Bailey

 
As the Russian army prepares for a military exercise near the southern edge of Lake Baikal, a battle-hardened soldier comes under attack and his entire troop is wiped out. 

And Aleks alone survives. As he recuperates, he learns that nurse he has a crush on also likes him in return.

But when Dr. Setvastyan discovers what is going on, he rips her from Aleks arms and locks the soldier up. The woman is taken from camp and placed on a train back East. 

Aleks is devastated and will do whatever it takes to have her back in his arms. And with the help of his new found powers, he may just have a chance. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bailey Media
• Release date: Dec 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386467441

Dave Bailey

Dave Bailey has published three books that are available for you to read now. He is currently writing "Edge of the Universe" series of which the first two books are already available for your reading pleasure as well.  When Dave isn’t writing, you’ll most likely find him lying in a hammock under a mango tree with his guitar.  Growing up in Brazil provided Dave with vast multi-cultural experiences that strongly influence his stories. It also allowed him to learn to speak fluent Portuguese.  You can contact me through my website at DaveBailey.me or via Twitter @davidabaileyjr if you have questions or want to send feedback.  

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Chapter One

Torn

Aleks' lips curled up into an angry sneer as the train raced toward him. He twisted his neck and felt the bones grind and crackle under the pressure he applied. He heard them pop before the sound of the shrill whistle pierced his ears.

A blast of frigid, ice-cold wind hit his face and caused him to shiver as it tore through the tatters of his pants and jacket. Long since shredded in his mad struggle for life or death against the guards and dogs that had tried to stop him from leaving the garrison.

He hadn't expected to survive the escape. Aleks hadn't expected to live five seconds after he stepped through the grated iron door of the prison. But he had to try. Give it his best. For the woman he had come to love. Natasha Chaykovsky. The woman who had nursed him back to health. The woman that Dr. Sevastyan had ripped out of his arms and dragged away from him.

Aleks had stood there helplessly. Grasping at the cold, iron bars of his window. Staring out of the cell the guards had thrown him into minutes before. Watching Natasha being forced into the car and driven hastily away.

He had sensed that Dr. Sevastyan had been jealous. But he hadn't known that Natasha liked him until she professed her love and stolen a kiss. She had promised that when he was better, she would go with him and live with him forever. Aleks couldn't resist. He had kissed her right back. Promised her the moon and a million stars. Right before Dr. Sevastyan had shown up and had him arrested.

The poor man still didn't know exactly why the medic was acting this way after saving his life.

Three moons ago, Aleks had been sent out with his troop. He still had no memory of the events that night. But from what he had been told, the soldiers had been sent out to scout out the area around Lake Baikal.

It was an ancient, massive lake in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. And it was considered one of the deepest lakes in the world. Formed within a continental rift with some of the purest water in the world. Some even thought that the lake was bottomless. That if you swam straight down, you would come out in the  Great Lakes of America. The water was so clear that on a bright day, Aleks could see