Dark Days

By charlie moore

Shirin Reyes does little to hide her rage. Deadly, Damaged, Dangerous. She systematically hunts down every lead with ruthless efficiency, scouring the globe and following the trail of each killer involved in her husbands death.

One by one, they lead her closer and closer to an inevitable confrontation with the man ultimately responsible.



Adam Dark, a family man with a loving daughter, and a marriage in repair, is an elite Assassin for the Agency.

Sent to neutralize the rogue agent thought to be the best the Agency has produced, he enters an explosive battle ground where life and death is separated by only a split second.

Pitted against the best, he will have to use every resource to complete his assignment, and more importantly, to stay alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hindsight Publishing
• Release date: Mar 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393038221

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DARK DAYS: Against The Clock - prequel

Copyright © 2017 Charlie Moore

Sydney, Australia

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This is of course a work of fiction. None of the characters are real. I have however, gone to great lengths to bring different elements of reality together, mixed with a healthy dose of creative license to bring you characters, action sequences and compelling storylines which fuel the fast paced read you're so generously committing your time to.

My dear readers, fans and friends, for your valuable time, I thank you.

For my editor and good friend, Mary Harris, you have taught me, shaped, and molded me into the writer I am today. Thank you.

To my Tactical advisor and friend, Perry, thank you!

To my lovely wife, thank you for putting up with the hours of loneliness, so that I can write. Thank you for the patience and understanding you so elegantly practice when I don't listen to what you're saying while we talk - so I can dream of my characters and the action they are about to be thrust into. Thank you for your endless support.

DEDICATION

For my dear daughter.

All the things we do now, are for you and your brother.

Table of Contents

Prologue - Darkness waits in the shadows of light.

Chapter 1 - How do you kill the walking dead?

Chapter 2 - For some, there are many deaths.

Chapter 3 - A person without fear is a person without limitation.

Chapter 4 - Poker is never about the cards.

Chapter 5 - Dying only matters to the living.

Epilogue - The truth is there, hiding beneath a bed of lies and deception.

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PROLOGUE

Darkness waits in the shadows of light.

THE BOOK OF SEEKAY

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Two days earlier.

03:18:20

Shirin pushed the knife deeper into the man's leg.

The man howled. She stared intently at the blade. Watched it as she twisted it left, then right. She didn’t acknowledge his screams. She stared blankly at his leg as it twitched and strained against the bindings that held him firmly in place.

Tears ran down his cheeks. Sweat glistened on his skin. Shirin's glare met the desperation in his eyes with blackness. She felt nothing. His suffering had only begun.

Eighteen months ago... She looked up from the knife buried in his leg. A federal agent... Norwest Highway... Do you remember it?

Shirin watched him shake his head urgently.

The agent was Harry Reyes. Her hand squeezed the grip of the knife. My husband. She saw his eyes grow wide. Yes, I’m Shirin Reyes.

The man froze.

You’ve heard of me. Good. So you know why I’m here. Shirin pulled the knife from his leg and watched as the man's’ blood dripped from the blackened blade.

He sobbed, I didn’t know. I swear! I didn’t know.

You provided the hardware. The weapons that killed him. I don’t care if you didn’t know. She thrust the knife deep into the man's upper thigh.

She waited for his screams to stop. You’re going to die today. You know that. But what you may not know is that when you’re dead, I’m going to find everyone you care about, and I’m going to kill them too. She watched as the weight of her words sank in. His face paled. I want the man who pulled the trigger. I want the person who ordered the hit. Give me something I can use to find them, and your death will be the end of your debt to me.

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03:41:09

Shirin walked through the open door of the remote estate to a sea of dark clouds moving slowly across the sky. She didn’t turn back. The destruction behind her simmered. The smell of death, of cordite, of rage, clung to the walls in a heavy mist.

She dug the cell from her pocket and thumbed in the familiar number. It was answered on the third ring; the man’s voice was thick and raspy. Shirin?

I have a name.

Send me the details, I’ll look at it in the morning, I’m going back to bed.

Find them. Now.

Shirin...

Find them, Marcus. Now.

And what about the Agency? You have a mission, right? You think they’ll just not notice you skipped out?

I don’t care.

Shirin, this vendetta, it won’t get Harry back.

Find them, Marcus.

They’ll blacklist you if you go offline. Shirin, you’ll be blacklisted. You know what that means.

I don’t care! Shirin mounted the motorbike. "These people took him from me. I won’t stop. I can’t stop."

And if you die in the process?

She paused, her hand hovering over the ignition. Flashes of the past assaulted her. He suffered, Marcus. He suffered, before he died. She hit the ignition. I’m going to kill every last one of them! And anyone else who tries to stop me. She kicked the gear into first, dropped the clutch, and pulled on the accelerator.

CHAPTER 1

HOW DO YOU KILL THE WALKING DEAD?

THE BOOK OF SEEKAY

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13:18:40

Deputy Director Zelig stared at the monitor on his secure phone. The incoming number was blocked. The voice that challenged him was distorted. His relationship with the man on the other side of the line, strained.

Your commitment is not in question. The voice seemed to mock him. "Our concern lay in the lack of confidence we have in you resolving the breach to our security. It