The Critical Trilogy Box Set

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CHARLIE JACKSON FELT like they were on the edge of a great discovery. Pippa had emailed him earlier to say that she’d ‘found the find of the century’ in an archeological dig to uncover what happened to the missing colonists of Roanoke Island.

Typical, Pippa, he thought. Keeping the huge news to herself and making him wait. It didn’t help that she’d told him to start work on the report. It was the worst part of his job. He preferred to be out in the field being the one to make the finds.

He looked up at his screen and grudgingly continued to work on the report, all the while trying not to be distracted by her excited email.

CHARLIE PUSHED the keyboard away after those few hundred words, unable to concentrate. All he could think about was that email. What had they found? More than just bones, that’s for sure. His mind raced with ancient artifacts, caches of treasure. Unable to stand it, he got up and decided to go chat with the temps.

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