Tales
of Treasure
By HF Parkhurst
Book Description:
A
four hundred year quest for a mysterious lost treasure; bloodthirsty Pirates;
plundering Conquistadors; noble Indians; and a sinister and secret religious
Order are the tantalizing ingredients stirred together in the turbulent,
steamy, and exotic Spanish Main, of yesterday and today.
To
the rhythmic background of classic R&B soul music, Harry Carlton and his
new love Helen are unexpectedly thrust into a violent encounter with ruthless
and malevolent forces and a rogue’s gallery of dastardly villains. These two,
near their fifties, are not kindly white-haired grandparents ready to sit
sedately in rocking chairs. Instead, they confront danger with bravery, and
battle dishonesty and injustice with valor. They discover a priceless, lost
artifact treasure of the ancient Indians of South and Central America. In the
struggle to return the treasure to its rightful owners, they must outwit the
assortment of murderous villains, and stay alive.
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Excerpt
September
1597
Impatient shouts from angry
Spanish overseers mixed with the sharp crack of their whips. Snake-like lines
of filthy, emaciated, near naked Indian slaves, almost unrecognizable as men,
staggered across bowed gangways to the six ships moored at the stone quays.
Their whip-scarred backs bent as they struggled under heavy barrels and chests.
Sweat, tinted red with blood, dripped from the Indians as they labored by the flicker
of torchlight into the growing darkness of the humid, tropical evening. Below
decks of the Santa Maria de Castile, the galleon flagship of the six-ship
flota, two men met in the closed confines of a fetid, airless cabin.
“Vicealmirante Don
Francisco, the loading shall be completed by midnight. The ships will be ready
to sail with the morning tide.”
“Excellente, Alonso,” Don
Francisco replied. “Are those two insufferable priests satisfied with the
storage of their cargo?” Seated comfortably behind a cluttered, ornately
carved, dark oak table, the aristocratic Don Francisco sipped a glass of red
wine while the handsome, broad-shouldered Felipe Alonso, Capitan of the Santa
Maria, stood. Not of noble lineage, Felipe suffered the indignities of superiors
like the Vicealmirante, in order to command a fighting galleon.
“Si, Vicealmirante. Padre
Xavier and Padre Tomas will bless our journey and the ships when we sail.”
“They do not sail with us?”
“Padre Xavier informed me
he and his fellow priests will remain. Their sacred work of converting the
heathen natives to the one true faith is not completed.”
About the Author
H.F. earned
double finalist honors in 2011 Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary
Awards. Born and raised in the
northeastern United States, he’s lived in the south, southwest, and mid-west of
the US, as well as Asia, Australia, and Europe. A student of traditional
Chinese martial arts for the last sixteen years, he practices daily. After
forty years as a successful, international architectural interior designer of
offices and hotels, he sought a new creative outlet.
In a turbulent time of
global conflict, he seeks to be an ardent voice of reason speaking against
illogic and the darkness of injustice, violence, and hatred pursued by the irrational
and fanatic zealot faithful, worldwide.
An Objectivist, his novels
reflect his commitment to logical thinking and the right of free people to
rationally choose a destiny in their own best self-interests. He enjoys
spinning outrageous tales based on his fertile imagination and real life
experiences. Married, he lives with his wife in Florida. Currently projects are
two novel series: an Epic Fantasy and an Action/Adventure. Also in the works
are sci-fi novels and short stories.
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