Odyssey Bourne Force
ODYSSEY BOURNE FORCE
Experience the Journey
The Destination is only the Beginning (Book 1)
Copyright 2011 Debbie Renner
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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
Acknowledgements
To my parents Francis and Joy.
Big thank you to the Gold Coast Writers Association, especially Joan, for her delightful design of my web site: www.debbierenner.com
Dedication
To the readers and their imagination. I hope you will enjoy this experience as much as I enjoyed creating it. Remember, when one experiences life as an exciting journey, who cares about the destination!
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent or absorbing positive knowledge.
—Albert Einstein
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality.
—Carl Sagan
Nothing is real if you don’t believe who you are. Only you can look in your heart and know the truth.
—Author
A glorious day it is–after finally locating the enigmatic Temple of Junghis, I am confident that by tomorrow it will reveal its secrets to me. It will be interesting to see if my peers will still scoff at my claims of its supernatural origins. —Excerpt from the personal journal of Dr. Peter Reynolds, Cairo, Egypt 17 September 1999
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter Thirty-eight
Chapter Thirty-nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-one
Chapter Forty-two
Chapter Forty-three
Prologue
Cathexis-the concentration of psychic energy
Tomes-cutting/section
4000 B.C.–Kingdom of the Old World, Earth
In desperate haste, he tied the stolen rope around his neck, pulled tight, and jumped.
Thirty seconds later, the spasmodic twitching halted as he died.
He was lucky.
He had left behind the soul destroying screams from slaves being terrorized within the deep underground cavern walls.
Slowly worked to death.
Hearing a commotion, Leah came running up and gasped. With heavy heart, she took in the human pendulum, still swinging to its own morbid rhythm. She slipped behind a rock as two of the slave masters appeared.
They were always in control…ever watchful.
One spat at the freshly dead body. “Weak!”
A voice echoed behind her, “Salet…Leah?” They were never to let her out of their sight. Her sweat filled hands clutched at her pail of water.
She stared back in shock at the lifeless man—one less soul who would not need her life giving water now.
It all felt unreal. She had let him and all her people down. It was overwhelming.
Her leadership had fallen, her fate was in the hands of a new, evil ruler, and her people were imprisoned in a perpetual nightmare. In her quiet desperation, she almost screamed. But she forced herself to silence. Even to speak against her rulers would bring a punishment to her people worse than death.
Stay brave, she thought. Control the building, aching rage.
That moment, her frustrated, overworked mind caressed a small, joyful memory of happier times. That steadied her strength of will.
Poised on a priceless gold throne for all her loyal followers to gaze in awe at and with fine robes adorning her body, she ruled over the land with fairness and might. Together with Sidonio, her beloved consort, she brought sunlight to all and was destined to reign for years. It was the day of her birthday and a lavish party had been prepared.
They never saw, never imagined the darkness, until it was too late.
“LEAH!” The impatient voice broke her reverie.
But Leah dropped her pail and collapsed to her knees as a vision took hold…probing red eyes stabbed into her brain, a swirling, choking mist encompassed her mind and body…complete helplessness coupled with a sickening release of freefall.
Then, an inexplicable shot of euphoria and omnipotent, god-like power surged through her. She felt like she was being thrown down an endless tunnel with those piercing red eyes peering into her soul…
Chapter 1—Kate