plane model

THREE PALE SEAGULLS circled the bald steel knob that was the summit of the Empire State Building. Where hours before, a squadron of Navy Curtiss O2C-2 warplanes had buzzed and swooped through clouds of burnt cordite, now gulls ranged, emitting raucous cries, avid eyes gazing down at the red flecks of animal flesh that bespattered the skyscraper’s austere Art Deco battlements.


Doc Savage: Skull Island (The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage), Prologue