The Last Crusaders
Hoyt, V. L. Elaine "The Mink" LaCroix had just cat-burglared into a temple in Japan and reaches for the Eye of Buddha - a blazing green emerald as big as a man's fist - when she slumps to the ground. A white bony hand strips the glowing silver ring from her finger. Half a world away, Merlin opens his eyes and whispers, "It is not to be, little Mink, " then drifts to the sleep of the enchanted.
The year is 2009, and the only ones standing between light an...