Novels by Mc - Xav

The helicopter flew through the night. Below them, the city lights faded away. They were replaced by the dark, silent shapes of the Northern Zenith mountain range. Ethan was riding in the passenger seat as Linda flew the helicopter. She was indeed a woman of many skills. "He will run," Linda said, her eyes focused on the dark peaks ahead. "Alexander. He knows it is over." "Let him run," Ethan replied, his voice low. "There is no place he can hide that I will not find him. But first, we stop the Ares Project." The Syndicate's files were now in the hands of the authorities, and police would at this very moment be raiding the Grey Corporation tower. Yet Ethan knew that the real danger was here, in this mountain. An army of angry, unstable super-soldiers could not be allowed to exist. Using the codes of Valerius, they found the secret entrance: a hidden tunnel behind a waterfall that led deep into the heart of the mountain. Inside, the air was cold, unpleasantly smelling of some ruste

The Grey Corporation tower was a tall spear of glass standing high above the city. In his penthouse office, Alexander Grey watched the sunset. He held a glass of expensive whiskey. He felt safe and powerful. A soft beep came from his desk. It was a security alarm. Someone was in the sub-level parking lot. Alexander felt annoyed. He had thought that it was just a rat. He spoke into the comms device. "Security, report." Nobody answered. "Team Alpha, report." His voice was sharper now. But there was only silence. Then, from his office speaker, a new voice emerged. Calm and well-known. Ethan. "They can't hear you, Alex." Alexander froze. His hand tightened on the glass. "We're having a conversation," Ethan's voice went on. "You, me, and the man you call the Hound. Send him down to the server room. Now." ... Ethan was standing in the server room on the 40th floor. It was chilly inside the room, and the humming of the machines could be heard everywhere. Blinking lights were everywh

Ethan dumped Valerius’s unconscious body on the floor of the new, temporary safe house. It was a dusty warehouse. Linda walked in. She had a cut on her forehead but was otherwise unharmed. She looked at Valerius, then at Ethan. “You captured him.” “Kael’s team?” Ethan asked. “They arrived just in time. We lost the clinic, but we’re intact.” She looked at him with a new respect. “You really expected to see him.” “He taught me everything I know.” Ethan poured a bucket of cold water on Valerius’s face. The man sputtered awake. He coughed, looking around the warehouse. His eyes landed on Ethan. Hatred burned in them. “You lost,” Ethan said simply. “This is a setback. Nothing more,” Valerius spat. “Where is the main Ares facility? The real one.” Valerius laughed. “You think I’ll tell you?” Linda stepped forward. She held a syringe. “You will. This is actually stimulating the nerves. It lowers everything. Makes the subject very… talkative. It’s found in your own research.” Valeriu

Ethan stood frozen. The image of Linda’s clinic burning was seared into his mind.Kael grabbed his arm. “Sir! We have to go! The EMP!”Valerius smiled. “What will it be, my boy? Your new protector? Or your futile revenge?”Ethan’s eyes met Valerius’s. The confusion and anger coalesced into a single, sharp point of focus. He made a decision.“Kael,” Ethan said, his voice low. “Get to the extraction point. Now.”“But sir—”“That’s an order!”Kael hesitated, then nodded. He turned and ran, his men covering his retreat.Valerius looked pleased. “A wise choice. Now, drop your weapon.”Ethan slowly bent down to place his gun on the floor. But he never took his eyes off Valerius. “You misunderstood. I’m not surrendering.”“Then she dies.”“You’re a strategist, Valerius. You taught me that. You taught me to always have a counter-move.”“And what is yours?” Valerius sneered.“Linda isn’t at the clinic.”On the monitor, the feed of the burning clinic flickered. A new group of figures emerged fr

The chemical complex was a fortress. Fences, guards, sniper nests.Ethan and his team observed from the distance. They had a plan. A frontal assault would be suicidal. They would take advantage of the chaos."The key is the main reactor," Ethan pointed to the diagram. "We cause a controlled overload. It will produce an EMP pulse, taking out their power and electronics. In the darkness and pandemonium, we strike.""And Valerius?" Kael asked."He'll come. He can't resist. He'll have to see me. To brag."They came in under the cover of a storm. Rain pounded against their approach, concealing them. Ethan and Kael snuck in through a waste pipe.Inside, the plant was a maze of pipes and catwalks. They moved towards the central reactor core.They reached the control room. Two technicians were inside. Ethan slipped in silently. He incapacitated them before they could scream. “Override the cooling sequence,” Ethan ordered Kael. “Initiate a core overload. Set the timer for ten minutes.” Kael

The data that were retrieved in the raid were a goldmine. Linda worked her way through it on her screens."This is bigger than I was thinking," she said. "The Ares Project is finished. They have built a primary processing facility. It's here." She pointed on a map. "The deactivated Grey Corporation chemical plant.""Heavily guarded?" Ethan asked."The worst. But not the worst problem." She brought up a file. It was encrypted with the highest level of security. "This file has 'VALERIUS' on it. Ring a bell?"Ethan froze. The name struck him in the stomach. A face flashed before his eyes. A firm, kindly face. A man smiling, clapping him on the back. A profound, abiding sense of trust and camaraderie. Then the same face, twisted in betrayal on Kalgar Pass."Valerius," Ethan breathed. "My tutor. He… he was there.""Information available indicates he wasn't there just for pleasure," Linda said, speaking in a firm tone. "He's the architect. Director of the whole Syndicate."The room fell sil