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Marie Hofer, an Army Air Force bomber pilot during World War II, and a decorated heroine, is now old and frail. She is a doctor in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. Her great desire is to find a new herbal medicine to treat human diseases.
She goes into the deep forest searching for new herbs to test for medicinal values. On Black Rock Mountain, she forces her aged body to climb to a high, isolated rock ledge. She finds a giant oak tree that has been struck by a powerful bolt of lightening and blasted into splinters. At the base of the tree, Marie discovers a mutant plant, a specie new to the world.
She samples a tiny bit of the herb's root to test for its effect. She falls quickly into a deep sleep. Upon awakening, she feels unusually vigorous. Over the next few days as Marie tests the root, she discovers that she is growing younger, wrinkles fading, beauty returning. She is amazed, and frightened, at what is happening to her.
Marie hastens to tell her long time friend Nell of the discovery of the miracle herb. She finds Nell dead, murdered. When the law fails to find the killer, Marie swears vengeance upon the murderer and sets out on her own to discover who he is.
Marie, now young and with a young woman's desires, chances upon Brent Dickson in her search for Nell's killers. She falls in love with Brent. She does not tell him her true age. Brent has his own secret. He is being pursued by paid killers.
The conclusion of the story is startling, amazing.
From Swear Vengeance
The woman gave Marie a defiant look. "I've said all that I'm going to."
"You helped kill a friend of mine," Marie glared down at the woman she straddled and held penned to the ground. The woman was a tough one and wouldn't break easily. What would be her weakness? Ah, that would be it. Marie took the army colt pistol from her purse and pressed the cold steel barrel against the woman's nose.
"Now I've no time to play games with you. If you don't answer my questions I'm going to do something horrible to your face. You'll be so ugly that no man will ever look at you again without puking. First thing that'll go will be your straight nose. If that doesn't get your attention, then I'll knock your teeth out one at a time. Now I'm ready to start working on you. Anytime you feel like talking, just give me a signal."
Marie raised the pistol above the woman's face and prepared to strike. "To make you understand just how serious I am, I'll start by smashing your nose."
"You're crazy!" cried the woman.
"Seeing your loved ones killed will make you do crazy things. Give me names before your nose is a bloody pulp."
Genre: Thriller
Marie Hofer, an Army Air Force bomber pilot during World War II, and a decorated heroine, is now old and frail. She is a doctor in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. Her great desire is to find a new herbal medicine to treat human diseases.
She goes into the deep forest searching for new herbs to test for medicinal values. On Black Rock Mountain, she forces her aged body to climb to a high, isolated rock ledge. She finds a giant oak tree that has been struck by a powerful bolt of lightening and blasted into splinters. At the base of the tree, Marie discovers a mutant plant, a specie new to the world.
She samples a tiny bit of the herb's root to test for its effect. She falls quickly into a deep sleep. Upon awakening, she feels unusually vigorous. Over the next few days as Marie tests the root, she discovers that she is growing younger, wrinkles fading, beauty returning. She is amazed, and frightened, at what is happening to her.
Marie hastens to tell her long time friend Nell of the discovery of the miracle herb. She finds Nell dead, murdered. When the law fails to find the killer, Marie swears vengeance upon the murderer and sets out on her own to discover who he is.
Marie, now young and with a young woman's desires, chances upon Brent Dickson in her search for Nell's killers. She falls in love with Brent. She does not tell him her true age. Brent has his own secret. He is being pursued by paid killers.
The conclusion of the story is startling, amazing.
From Swear Vengeance
The woman gave Marie a defiant look. "I've said all that I'm going to."
"You helped kill a friend of mine," Marie glared down at the woman she straddled and held penned to the ground. The woman was a tough one and wouldn't break easily. What would be her weakness? Ah, that would be it. Marie took the army colt pistol from her purse and pressed the cold steel barrel against the woman's nose.
"Now I've no time to play games with you. If you don't answer my questions I'm going to do something horrible to your face. You'll be so ugly that no man will ever look at you again without puking. First thing that'll go will be your straight nose. If that doesn't get your attention, then I'll knock your teeth out one at a time. Now I'm ready to start working on you. Anytime you feel like talking, just give me a signal."
Marie raised the pistol above the woman's face and prepared to strike. "To make you understand just how serious I am, I'll start by smashing your nose."
"You're crazy!" cried the woman.
"Seeing your loved ones killed will make you do crazy things. Give me names before your nose is a bloody pulp."
Genre: Thriller
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