Distant Boundary: Prequel to The COIL Legacy
By D.I. Telbat
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In Distant Boundary, Prequel for The COIL Legacy Series, D.I. Telbat takes us to a distant land where danger knows no boundaries.
Now working for COIL, Agent Titus Caspertein has left the criminal underworld to carry the cross of Christ, but survival has never seemed more unlikely for this new Christian.
Assumed dead after a bungled humanitarian airdrop, Titus fights for his life against hyenas, wild dogs, and isolation in the African savannah.
With two broken limbs, and predators prowling for his blood, Titus relies on a young boy to keep him alive. Unless his wife, Annette, finds him before a heavily armed rhino poacher does, Titus will become a casualty of the Zimbabwe wilderness!
With a Bonus Chapter from Distant Contact, Book One in The COIL Legacy, map downloads, and cover design by Streetlight Graphics, we pray you enjoy this exciting Prequel to The COIL Legacy. And discover there is truly no redemption without sacrifice.
D.I. Telbat
D. I. Telbat is a Christian author best known for his clean Suspenseful Fiction with a Faith Focus, which includes his bestseller and award-winning COIL Series, The Steadfast Series, and several standalone suspense and End Times novels. Telbat's Tablet, David's website/blog (ditelbat.com), offers free weekly Christian adventure or suspense short stories, or related posts, to entertain, but also to bring attention to the Persecuted Church worldwide. Many of D.I. Telbat's stories are about persecuted Christians—their sacrifice, suffering, and rescues. Also on his site, he shares his author reflections, book reviews, writing research, and occasional challenges for today's Christian. His complete biography is there as well. Getting into trouble with the law as a young man became a turning point in David's life. The Lord used that experience to draw David into a personal relationship with Him. Re-focusing his life for Christ, he now seeks to honor God with his life and his writing. There is no redemption without sacrifice.
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Distant Boundary - D.I. Telbat
DISTANT BOUNDARY
Prequel to The COIL Legacy
D.I. Telbat
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There is no redemption without sacrifice.
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Distant Boundary Maps
Titus in Zimbabwe
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Dedication
To those distant ones
who enter dangerous boundaries
for the sake of Jesus Christ.
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Acknowledgements
As I begin another novel series, I wish to thank
those who've been with me since
the beginning of my publishing journey
Even a short book requires much help and effort.
Thank you, Jamie and Ed,
for your continued help with proofreading,
and Dee, for your important editing and direction.
I pray God will be glorified from your labor of love.
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Table of Contents
Title & Copyright
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Distant Boundary Maps
Author Note
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Conclusion
Other Books by D.I. Telbat
About the Author
Bonus Chapter – Distant Contact
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Author Note
Dear Reader,
As the chief chronicler of the personnel who work for the Commission of International Laborers (COIL), I would be remiss if I shared with you only the adventures of Agent Corban Dowler. Agent Titus Caspertein, once an international villain, cannot be ignored by my pen, nor should his antics and heroism be overlooked by you, the reader.
If you fell in love with Corban Dowler, Luigi Putelli, and Chloe Azmaveth, don't worry. They're still in the shadows, calling the shots, rescuing the helpless, and training the next generation of COIL operatives. You'll see them often.
Though The COIL Legacy may be read independently from the previous series, I believe fans of The COIL Series will find more fulfillment when old COIL friends of yours pop in to meet new COIL friends of mine.
This series will bring you new tech for COIL agents and more threats against God's faithful people, so get ready for another fast-paced adventure! Thanks for reading.
Don't stop serving; Christ is worth it all!
David Telbat
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Prologue
COIL Agent Corban Dowler leaned heavily on his forearm crutches. The wind on the secret Utah runway tore at his tweed blazer. The tarmac was wet and black, like an oily mirror.
The sound of an engine grew louder, but Corban didn't realize how close it was until he instinctively ducked. An unmanned aerial vehicle with a flying wing design soared into the sky, blotting out the few visible stars above. Two seconds later, the UAV was gone, leaving only a dull humming from its engine, which would separate and fall back to earth once the craft reached altitude.
A car door slammed behind him. His wife, Janice, joined him a moment later, hooking her arm through his.
You must be proud,
she said. For two years, you've worked on those things. You think it'll change COIL much?
I think it'll change the way we keep our teams safe in the field from the enemies of Christ.
He felt Janice tense beside him as another UAV approached for takeoff. But it won't change the hearts of our enemies. That'll take the hand of God.
The second UAV shook the ground as it seemed to float over their heads into the wind. They turned to glimpse the shadow before it was gone, following the previous one.
If all goes well,
Corban said, we may be the last human beings to see the Gabriels. They'll reach seventy thousand feet, recharge by the sun every day, and never return.
It's lonely sometimes, being this secretive.
Sometimes safety requires secrecy. And loneliness.
Titus Caspertein really helped in the finishing touches, huh?
The Gabriels wouldn't be what they are now without him. I had the basic concept, but he's the one who designed the wing-mounted control surfaces and telescopic lens.
He's only been with us for a few months, hasn't he? His wife is sweet, but Titus still seems rough around the edges. His carelessness scares me.
I was the same way, if you remember.
He chuckled as she kissed him on the cheek.
Oh, I remember!
A third Gabriel lined up for takeoff.
"Yeah, Titus might have some hard lessons to learn, but I believe he'll allow God to work in him, and eventually through him. I believe