Hell Island - Matthew Reilly [0]
www.matthewreilly.com
He lives in Sydney.
Also by Matthew Reilly
CONTEST
ICE STATION
TEMPLE
AREA 7
SCARECROW
HOVER CAR RACER
SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS
MATTHEW
REILLY
HELL
ISLAND
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This is a work of fiction. Characters, corporations, institutions and organisations mentioned in this novel are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously without any intent to describe actual conduct.
A short novel written for and in association with ‘Books Alive’ 2005
Books Alive is an Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council.
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Reilly, Matthew.
Hell Island.
ISBN 978 0 3304 2343 4.
1. Experimental rangelands – Fiction. I. Title.
A823.4
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PROLOGUE
THE LAST MAN STANDING
Terrified, wounded and now out of ammo, Lieutenant Rick ‘Razor’ Haynes staggered down the tight passageway, blood pouring from a gunshot wound to his left thigh, scratch-marks crisscrossing his face.
He panted as he moved, gasping for breath. He was the last one left, the last member of his entire Marine force still alive.
He could hear them behind him.
Grunting, growling.
Stalking him, hunting him down.
They knew they had him—knew he was out of ammunition, out of contact with base, and out of comrades-in-arms.
The passageway through which he was fleeing was long and straight, barely wide enough for his shoulders. It had grey steel walls studded with rivets—the kind you find on a military vessel, a warship.