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INDIA, 1922 The English are fighting with every means the spirit of freedom raging throughout the vast sub-continent from the Himalayas to the Great Indian Desert, the Bay of Bengal to the borders of Russia and China. From complex motives, a former secret agent and flying ace in The Great War aids in the revolutionary struggle, to die apparently from misadventure, though not before sending a last message to his twin brothers, a letter that brings them to a country swirling with intrigues, horrendous cruelty and unremitting greed. The dead man’s last words mention a treasure which revolutionaries and British intelligence agents are desperate to find. The only obstacle is the intervention of the twins who, having uncovered clues that indicate their brother was murdered, seek revenge on his killers, precipitating events that will change them completely. What began as a sad but simple mission turns into a shattering experience for the twins. Their very souls are irrevocably altered, and forged from their darkest characteristics and wildest talents are the outlaws who will become two of the most feared and hated men in America, scourges of mastermind criminals, mobsters and law enforcers alike. From the icy retreats of a lamasery in Tibet to the brutal wasteland of the Thar Desert, two forces fight to the death - a struggle not of good and evil, but of something between the two. This struggle is what made two dark heroes only America could produce . . . THE SHADOW THE SPIDER This is the story of their origin, |