Nation of Sheep
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Now the only signal he could decode was the word exactly, exactly over and over again. He looked over the side of the ship, the one he was closest to, which was port side, and, he prayed. The black outline was more ominous than the storm, more ominous that the unknown intruder in the dark sky. A large fish or monster… worse than that… coral! Sharp as razor blades and close enough to the surface that in normal environmental conditions he could reach down, poke them with a stick, and test that ominous look. They were taking him into a coral reef! He could not turn one inch now with out cutting the ship, he and the ship were committed. Ray could almost hear the slicing of the sharp skeletons the tiny sea creatures had left behind as he turned his attention back to the chopper. Nothing had changed in his pursuit of the little lights except that suddenly he couldn’t make his mind come around to agree with what his eyes were trying to tell it: ‘clear blue water ahead.’ He was wondering how he would get over the reef when he realized that they, who ever they were, was trying to guide him through it, exactly. Slowing down to the lowest engine notch on his throttle he trusted and prayed, and followed the unknown airships signal and sound.
Although he knew it to be possible, now that he admitted it to himself, he was still in shock as he looked at the blue quiet sight ahead. Marveling at the shelter that a coral reef could afford. All you needed to know was where that coral parted or dipped. Dipped lower than a hull and more importantly a certain angle that it would take to get through the evil stuff. He realized that it was equally hard to steer the craft, any craft for that matter, through the waves battering at the sides, hopefully, and, if one is lucky to keep the coral from ripping the ship apart. It had been Ray’s experience that the high waves held back by the reef were very unpredictable. Then he was not sure of his guide or that it was possible that they were helping him. He was totally in the woods as yet; he wished that he could believe the hope ahead. The clear blue of the water on the other side of the reef was so stunning that Ray couldn’t take his eyes off the sight. To come from the black waters and huge waves to what he was now looking at made him want to cry. Cry because Cathy wasn’t there to feel the relief, the utter joy of safety. He idly wondered if he should look again at the reef but that was impossible because he had committed to follow exactly and there could be no changing that. Like the chicken and the egg one had to commit one didn’t. The thought of that commitment to his unknown benefactors automatically jerked his head toward the sky. Perhaps because he wanted to see if it was still true? That was when the second chopper appeared and that was when he knew that there was a lot wrong with the whole picture.
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Cathy Trenton, the O’Malley’s adopted daughter, escapes death in a series of events that leads her to the cave of a monk. She figures out that she is somewhere in the mountains where the headwaters of the
The sheep scheme finally comes home to roost with Cathy in it’s web. But she finds little time for that nonsense for she has her own problems. Part of her dilemma is Ray Cronin. Next is her obligation to the Lama. Then of course, there is Ricky Mann and the predicament with the missing serum. She cannot decide how she can put aside the jealousy found in her relationship with Ray. Yet, she doesn’t want to lose the one thing she cannot survive without, especially in the Outback. She rationalizes and contemplates these dilemmas until she decides that a mission in saving the sheep, rather than having to own up to her emotions, is the only way to save her sanity.
The monk and Cathy find a unique way to tend to the sheep and a way to travel among the sheep ranchers. However, the sheep keep dying and no one including Cathy can figure out why. A witch and a mad man shift the balance of power and it swings from him then back and forth between he and the witch. Lisa Mann’s son Ricky becomes the pawn, put he is in the situation in the first place because he lost the antiviral, which Dr. Man sent him to
Lisa Mann, head of a special hospital across from New Scotland Yard finds out that the virus she is working on has unexpectedly fallen into the hands of the wrong people. Why her son gave the virus to them she does not know but aims to find out. In the process, she learns that a witch is involved in the scheme and becomes very anxious about Cathy and her son Ricky.
Harry Pinnacle is the mad schemer who is still searching for Cathy. In his infinite wisdom, he searches for Cathy for he has decided that the only way his plan will succeed is if he can force her to work for him. He wants her to head up his plot to corner the market on sheep and wool. Cathy reaches out for help in an effort to avoid the inscription. However, by doing so an old nemesis of the O’Malley family, man name of Smith comes into the mix.
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Drew Robins lives in Helena Montana on a six-acre ranch nestled into the national forest. He has two passions, writing, and riding the family’s Saddle bred horses in the
Drew has spent over ten years in the wholesale insurance arena writing technical treaties and programs. He was responsible for the creation and writing of many new and inventive products for an international environment.
He is graduate of
His mother once said: “Drew from a very young age always read everything that he could get his hands on.”
The perceived need to have fun reading, uplifting reading, without the ‘New Age’ current latitude toward sex, violence, shock and gore is the mission of each of his works.