This is my second story ever but my first in recent years. I'm planning this to be a short novel length story set after the dramatic ending to the series. A few things you should know. Artemis has fully recovered and the Koboi chip disaster is almost entirely unimportant. The world is up and running again and Artemis is doing what he does best, making money. Enjoy, review and if you happen to know BosBabe, ask her to pm me. I've switched accounts recently and need to get in touch with my contacts.
Prologue:
Somewhere in the Amazon rainforest, 1510
Hunger is a strange feeling, one moment it can be gnawing at your insides, drowning out all other feeling, and the next it's gone. Sebastian Fernandez pondered that for a moment before moving closer to the artifact. The hot amazonian sun glinted off burnished helmets, while his soldiers lay down their shovels and took a well deserved rest, moving into the shade of a nearby tree. He walked over to the stone, a large pointed thing that looked both centuries old and polished new all at once.
He ran a hand over the symbols embossed on the stone and pulled a cloth from his pocket. He checked the symbol for fountain he had on his cloth with the symbols written on the artifact. Yes, it matched. He licked his lips and leaned forward for a closer look. The sound of shouting from the treeline caught his attention. He turned. A slim blade slipped between his ribs, puncturing his lungs and heart. He spluttered and fell to his knees, as his attacker pulled the blade out and snatched the cloth from his hand. His vision was blurring but he could see his men being slaughtered among the trees.
Frond stepped back from the dying man and looked at the symbol on the cloth. "Well, well, what have we here?" He said.