Heroes of the Secret Underground Chapter Sampler

Prologue

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 1944

WINTER

Banging shakes the foundations of the house. The professor rises and nods at Mamma to stay in her seat. He signals everyone to be very quiet while he walks towards the front door. The girl, their daughter Verushka, watches as still as alabaster. Her friend, the boy Zoltan, presses his hands to the back of Verushka’s chair. Heavy black boots stamp down the hallway. The ceiling pendants vibrate, flinging broken bronze beams through the sitting room. Four men march inside, wearing uniforms with spider arrows on their arms, guns in their belts. The Lieutenant holds out his notebook. ‘We are making a record of everything here in this house.’ He grins. ‘To take away for safe keeping.’

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