{"product_id":"2940158944338","title":"The End... As We Know It; Book 3","description":"Turk was about to reply to Tranq in a very harsh way, when the entire room shook violently.  So violently that Turk and several of those tied to stakes were thrown to the stone floor.  Tranq was even knocked off his majestic feet and got up stunned and shaking his head.  \"Watch them!\" Tranq yelled to his guards as he and only two others ran from the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeconds later, another explosion could be felt.  This one was even bigger than the first and stones from the ceiling started falling down in the room.  One of the larger ones actually landed on top of one of the guards, splitting his head open like an over ripe fruit.  The guards were now spending more time looking out for falling rocks rather than their prisoners and Turk used the opportunity to try and pull his hands free of the ropes holding him.  As a child, Turk had always been able to get out of the ropes Norrel had used to tie him up with.  He had told Turk that someday; he would find that skill very useful.  Well the day had finally come and within thirty seconds, Turk had his hands free.  The guard who had been killed by the piece of falling ceiling was only a few feet from where Turk was sitting and Turk waited until the next explosion before he made his move.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile everything was shaking and the nine remaining guards were looking up for falling stones, Turk rolled over to where the dead guards M16 was and grabbed it.  One of the guards saw the movement and sprayed his weapon in Turk's direction.  But the ground was still shaking so wildly that his shots went well over Turk's head and smashed into the stone wall behind him.  Turk being flat on the ground, found his aim better and gave the guard a solid three round burst.  He pitched over backwards, dead before he hit the ground.  Turk then turned his weapon towards the next guard in line and gave him a three round burst before he could get his own M16 pointed at Turk.  He twisted away, falling dead to the ground without firing a shot.  The next bad guy however, already had his gun aimed in on Turk and was about to pull the trigger when the doors leading to the hallway burst open and a Brotherhood soldier, with an M16 in each hand came bursting in, firing both guns from the hip.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it was he guard who a moment before was about to blow Turk away, who was slammed against the side wall, along with the guard next to him.  Turk, not to look a gift horse in the mouth turned his own gun onto the nearest guard to his right and opened fire taking him down as well as the guard who was standing directly behind him.  Another guard got off a burst of his own, tearing up the stones next to Turk's face.  Turk fired back, hitting the guard in the groin and working the gun up until he put a bullet in the man's chest.  The robed Brotherhood soldier who came to Turk's aid, fired a long burst into the two remaining guards, pinning them against the far wall and shattering Tranq's throne into toothpicks.  Turk turned the gun towards the brotherhood rescuer, wondering if it were the man working for Colonel O'Neil, but when the man removed his hood, Turk saw that it was actually Tracker.  Tracker ran over to the line of people tied to stakes and began cutting them free with his Gladiator.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Won't need guns, the boss man said.\" Tracker growled.  \"I'm glad these dead robed guys don't mind me using theirs, then.\"","brand":"Claude Arthur Huntley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104251789552,"sku":"2940158944338","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158944338_p0.jpg?v=1764124928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158944338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}