The Dragon and the Lumberjack by S.W. Ellenwood - Book Tour
The Dragon
and the Lumberjack
Thomas feared he played Jack too well...
The sequel to S. W. Ellenwood's debut novel,
The Janitor and the Spy, picks up six months after Thomas Thornhill's nightmare
mission in Amsterdam. On his own, he now goes under the alias of Jack
Montferrand and seeks to gain entry into the oldest and most dangerous triad in
Asia to find Them.
On the inside, he found the triad not as
stable as he thought, forcing him to prove his trust and worth to them at every
turn as new rivals sprout up. He plunges his hands deeper into the filth and
the alias of Jack where he starts to wonder where Thomas ends and Jack begins.
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2. An old faded
sign saying ‘Gym’ hung above the door with a dragon head printed onto it,
though it was barely noticeable at this hour of the morning. Jack shook all
over, bouncing a bit as well.
“Go in, pass
the test, climb the ranks, find The Twelve. Simple,” Jack told himself before
opening the heavy door and walking in.
The large gym
room had a padded floor from wall to wall. Red pillars stood a few feet away
from the wall, holding up a second floor balcony that encircled the gym. The
second floor at the far end of the room went deeper back. Jack couldn’t see
well past this as his view was blocked by a line of people standing at the
railing surrounding him. Jack could tell the most significant people were
amassed at the far end, while the 49ers - he assumed - stood at his side. Jack
saw Li standing in the middle of the onlooking crowd pointing a cell phone at
him. Li smiled and gave a thumbs-up when Jack saw him. A woman in her twenties
stood beside Li. Dressed in shorts and a tank top, she stood out of the crowd
of casual suits, though Jack had a feeling her attire was the most expensive
one there. Jack couldn’t find Lóng in the group of observers. An older man
stepped out from behind one of the pillars and gave Jack a pair of grappling
gloves and a headpiece used in training kick-boxers. Jack, for a moment,
thought the floor sounded hollow.
“Take the shoes
off,” the old man said in a monotone voice. Jack kicked his shoes off and
started to put the gloves on. He took the headpiece and began to put it on his
head, but stopped. The old man picked up Jack’s shoes with some difficulty.
Jack gave the headpiece back.
The older man
raised an eyebrow. “Your funeral.” He took the headpiece and walked to the side
and hit a giant gong. The talking settled to a mumble as Jack’s opponent
stepped forward onto the floor. His bald head glistened in the fluorescent
light. His large, tattooed body bounced up and down as he walked toward Jack,
raising his surprisingly large hands.
“You think
you’re tough, gweilo?”
Jack did a
small bow before raising his fist. His opponent laughed. Jack stayed on his
toes and slowly circled his opponent, not wanting to be cornered.
“Come on
coward.” He slowly extended his arm out, barely out of reach of Jack’s face. He
repeated the motion a few more times as Jack kept moving around him. “I hate
wasting time.”
The bald
fighter lunged and threw a fist toward Jack’s face. Jack ducked to the side and
counter punched his opponent in the ear. The man stumbled away as Jack made
some distance between them.
“I do too,”
Jack shot back, noticing his voice carrying further than he thought it would as
the second floor was brought to silence.
His opponent cracked his neck and stared back at Jack
with a sense of surprise before breaking out a wide grin. “There we go!”
Author Bio
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S. W. Ellenwood is thankful to have a
close-knit family of two parents, a brother, and two sisters. A homeschooler
who graduated college from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, Ellenwood
loves all forms and genres of stories and was inspired by The Lord of the Rings films and his parents
to write. You can find Ellenwood writing his next novel at the local coffee
shops or playing table top games with his best friends.
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Media Links –
Twitter: https://twitter.com/swellenwood
Website: http://www.swellenwood.com/
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