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  Outside, the horses whinnied. A shotgun fired.

  Father Jacques dashed to the window. He searched the fort grounds. A saddled horse ran in circles. Where was Pierre?

  Behind the wall of whirling snow more shots were fired. Then came a scream. Pierre stumbled out of the mist. Blood spouted from the stump of his shoulder. He was missing an arm.

  Peering out the boarded window, Father Jacques screamed at the sight of blood gushing from Pierre’s shoulder. As the wounded man stumbled up the front steps to the lodge house, the white mist rolled in from behind and swallowed Pierre. His scream was cut short.

  “Papa!” Zoé ran toward the barricaded door. “Let Papa in!”

  “No, move away from the door.” Father Jacques grabbed her hand and backed away.

  Outside, the storm wailed. Snow blew in through the cracks of the boarded windows. Footfalls charged up the staircase like thundering hooves. Something rammed against the front door. The hinges buckled.

  Zoé shrieked.

  “Back to the cellar!” The priest pulled the girl through the dark corridors of the lodge house. Behind them, the front door crashed open. Terror stabbed Father Jacques’ chest with icy pinpricks at the shattering of windows and splintering of wood. Growls echoed throughout the lodge.

  They’re inside!

  Borealis

  Ronald Malfi

  On a routine crabbing expedition in the Bering Sea, Charlie Mears and the rest of the men aboard the trawler Borealis discover something unbelievable: a young woman running naked along the ridge of a passing iceberg. The men rescue her and bring her aboard the boat. But they will soon learn her horrible secret. By the time they find out why she was alone on the ice—and what she truly is—the nightmare will have begun, as one by one she infects them with an evil that brings about unimaginable terrors.

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  Borealis

  Copyright © 2011 by Ronald Malfi

  ISBN: 978-1-60928-647-7

  Edited by Don D’Auria

  Cover by Scott Carpenter

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  Original Copyright Date: 2009

  First Samhain Publishing, Ltd. electronic publication: October 2011

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