Baru straightened his shoulders and swallowed hard, as if confronting his first glimpse of Etor’s mutilated body. “This Gulyas. He’s no Russian, yet he’s built a savage name for himself.”
Theron Tassos lit a cigarette and shrugged. He knew that men like Beryx Gulyas came and went all the time—burning bright for a few short years before descending back to earth—or rather, beneath it. Sadists rarely lasted very long. Egoists let their vanity override their intellect. Gulyas had both marks against him.
In the arms dealer’s experience, it took an impersonal character—someone imminently flexible, who took neither pleasure nor pain from his work—to last for any meaningful length of time.
“Don’t worry,” he said. “I have the perfect man in mind.”
About the Author
Victoria Dougherty is the author of The Bone Church. She writes fiction, drama and essays that revolve around lovers, killers, curses and destinies.
Her work has been published or profiled in the New York Times, USA Today, The International Herald Tribune and elsewhere.
Her blog — COLD — features her short essays on faith, family, love and writing. WordPress, the blogging platform that hosts some 72 million blogs worldwide has singled out COLD as one of the top 50 Recommended Blogs on writers and writing.
Currently, Ms. Dougherty lives with her family in Charlottesville, VA and has recently completed The Hungarian, her second in a series of Cold War themed historical thrillers.
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