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New Orleans, respectively. Roland andTheresa had five children: Micah James, Ruth Ann, Thomas Paul, Mary Theresa, whom they all called Mary Sunshine because of her fascination with shiny objects, and finally Luther.
Like most people in Detroit, the home they made in the North was just a transplanted southern one. They struggled financially but always managed to keep the family afloat.
Luther was a tiny thing when he was born, and his mother had nicknamed him Cricket because of this. But as he grew up, it soon became obvious that young Luther was an exceptional human being. He seemed to know things before they were taught, and that which was instructed was learned immediately. He was talking and reading early and before long had plowed his way through every book in the house.
Theresa and Roland were of course proud of their son. So within the limits of their financially challenged lives, they steered resources toward the bright young man.
Luther breezed through a special prep school for gifted students and later Cass Tech High in Detroit.
In high school he met Vanessa Brown, a sweet little junior who was every bit as smart as he was. She was a book nerd but cute as she could be, and she always had a smile on her face. They bonded, sharing dreams and sweet kisses, and one night when her parents were away, they made love for the first time with each other.
After high school Luther attended West Point, scoring top marks in academics, military training, and sports. And for the first time in his life, he met people who were smarter and more accomplished in certain fields.
But while he was outmatched in some areas, no one in the institution had all the qualities he did. No one except SharonBane. Sharon was the female Luther. Born to a trailer-trash family, she was a rebel and had all the talent to back it up. They became fast friends, their difference in race and gender quelling any rivalry they might have had.
Luther graduated with honors and planned to go into the Army Rangers to serve out his commission. These plans were changed when a government man came to visit. The man came each year, and each year it was rumored that he selected recruits for special assignment. Luther had never paid much attention to the rumors, but that year, after the visit, he was called in to a meeting and was surprised to see Sharon Bane and another cadet, Henry Trenchant, both of whom had also graduated at the top of their class. They were told that they would receive a special commission to work with an unclassified agency. The school did not know anything about the government man or whom he represented. It was widely rumored that the CIA or NSA was behind this.
Luther and Sharon took the offer. Henry did not and was sworn never to breathe a word of it afterward.
Luther, Sharon, and several others from Annapolis, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island were trained in secret for three years. They learned various forms of martial arts and were schooled in weapons use and explosives. The training was grueling and relentless. Eventually Luther and the others were removed from their units altogether and trained full-time.
Luther soon understood that this special unit was not the CIA. The men who trained them seemed concerned primarily with methods of elimination. Even before they told him, he knew he was being trained as an assassin.
This was when Luther met Alex Deavers. Alexâs arrival was heralded as the make-or-break point of the cadetsâ training.
He arrived during their fight instruction one cold day in Virginia. The cadets were randomly sparring when Deavers, clad in a crisp navy suit, entered the facility and assumed a fighting pose. The other instructors backed away, leaving the cadets to face the lone man five to one.
Deavers approached the fist cadet, a young man named Tony Andrisi. Tony was generally agreed to be the best fighter of the group. Deavers faked a punch. Andrisi lifted
Like most people in Detroit, the home they made in the North was just a transplanted southern one. They struggled financially but always managed to keep the family afloat.
Luther was a tiny thing when he was born, and his mother had nicknamed him Cricket because of this. But as he grew up, it soon became obvious that young Luther was an exceptional human being. He seemed to know things before they were taught, and that which was instructed was learned immediately. He was talking and reading early and before long had plowed his way through every book in the house.
Theresa and Roland were of course proud of their son. So within the limits of their financially challenged lives, they steered resources toward the bright young man.
Luther breezed through a special prep school for gifted students and later Cass Tech High in Detroit.
In high school he met Vanessa Brown, a sweet little junior who was every bit as smart as he was. She was a book nerd but cute as she could be, and she always had a smile on her face. They bonded, sharing dreams and sweet kisses, and one night when her parents were away, they made love for the first time with each other.
After high school Luther attended West Point, scoring top marks in academics, military training, and sports. And for the first time in his life, he met people who were smarter and more accomplished in certain fields.
But while he was outmatched in some areas, no one in the institution had all the qualities he did. No one except SharonBane. Sharon was the female Luther. Born to a trailer-trash family, she was a rebel and had all the talent to back it up. They became fast friends, their difference in race and gender quelling any rivalry they might have had.
Luther graduated with honors and planned to go into the Army Rangers to serve out his commission. These plans were changed when a government man came to visit. The man came each year, and each year it was rumored that he selected recruits for special assignment. Luther had never paid much attention to the rumors, but that year, after the visit, he was called in to a meeting and was surprised to see Sharon Bane and another cadet, Henry Trenchant, both of whom had also graduated at the top of their class. They were told that they would receive a special commission to work with an unclassified agency. The school did not know anything about the government man or whom he represented. It was widely rumored that the CIA or NSA was behind this.
Luther and Sharon took the offer. Henry did not and was sworn never to breathe a word of it afterward.
Luther, Sharon, and several others from Annapolis, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island were trained in secret for three years. They learned various forms of martial arts and were schooled in weapons use and explosives. The training was grueling and relentless. Eventually Luther and the others were removed from their units altogether and trained full-time.
Luther soon understood that this special unit was not the CIA. The men who trained them seemed concerned primarily with methods of elimination. Even before they told him, he knew he was being trained as an assassin.
This was when Luther met Alex Deavers. Alexâs arrival was heralded as the make-or-break point of the cadetsâ training.
He arrived during their fight instruction one cold day in Virginia. The cadets were randomly sparring when Deavers, clad in a crisp navy suit, entered the facility and assumed a fighting pose. The other instructors backed away, leaving the cadets to face the lone man five to one.
Deavers approached the fist cadet, a young man named Tony Andrisi. Tony was generally agreed to be the best fighter of the group. Deavers faked a punch. Andrisi lifted
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