Verdigris

by Gary R. Moor

Colonel Proffit, USMC, and his team take an ancient sarcophagus from a synagogue in Prague. Complicated military security gets it lost on route to the U.S. Bronze sculptor Lillith Adams needs relief from the demands of her tenants living in the building she owns - freedom to complete a monumental bronze of St. Francis. It may solve the problems plaguing her the past twelve years. Instead of clay from Prague, she gets this dangerous cargo, for a being is within that awakens every two thousand years. It will grant the wish of the first person it meets. However, this is no genie, it is more the golem of Hebrew legend. The colonel's mission began when an archeologist found records of something that wiped out a Roman legion, and two thousand years earlier destroyed the Accadian Empire's military. In both cases it protected the person whose wish it granted. The colonel is clear about his wish, but has no idea about someone else's, or what this seemingly all-powerful being will do to grant that wish.

Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2015

About the author

Native Oregonian, born in Salem, raised mostly in Portland near Mt. Tabor in the Montavilla district. Dad fought in WWII with the 2nd Marine Division, then again in Korea as a 105mm howitzer artilleryman; a telephone lineman as I grew up. Mom came from Sweden before the war, on Olympic skating team in the 50s, a people person and the finest waitress I've known. Both have passed. I consider Astoria my hometown where I graduated from Astoria Sr. High School - go Fishermen! Played trumpet and soprano bugle - Lancer and Sunsetters drum and bugle corps. Graduated from Clatsop Comm. College, then OSU. Commercial salmon fisherman, Fuller Brush Man, Air Force pilot with the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and the 376th Strategic Wing; became a father to two children, worked as a contractor for 20 years, now I'm an author. Best and most important job I've had is the one as father.

Reviews

[Richard Appleyard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great sci-fi book set in Portland, Oregon