The Giants of Gath

By Richard James Hazel

     “If you will follow me, Senor Kirkendall, we have a helicopter waiting to take supplies to the dig’s staging area.  Doctor Huaman is awaiting you there.”

     Jesse Kirkendall followed the man who had identified himself as Enrique numbly through the crowded Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru.  It had taken him twenty-two hours and two planes to reach Peru.  He had received a call from his friend and colleague, Dr. Kallpa Huaman three days prior.  The urgency in Kallpa’s voice had prompted Jesse to ask for a short leave from his work as a fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute in Jerusalem and book the earliest flight he coul...

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