Sublime

Roy raised his hands to his shoulders and said, “I’m unarmed,” and then rabbit-punched Truck in the face, the blow shocking everyone standing there, especially Truck, who jerked upright and grabbed his face with both hands, making it that much easier for Roy to take hold of his Forty-five Homeboys and shoot the fat one behind him holding the sawed-

With pugilistic quickness, he crowded Joe against an iron pillar, crooked an arm around Joe’s neck, and gave him a swift punch in the stomach. Joe’s breath deserted his body in a single hard gust and he pitched forward, striking his chin on the concrete platform. His eyeballs seemed to clang in their sockets. He felt as if someone had opened an umb

Jean hoisted him up off the ground with one quick yank by the front of his tunic, and then he shoved Gathis with all his might into the stone wall to the left of the window. The big man’s head bounced off the hard surface and he stumbled forward; the blurred arc of Jean’s right fist met his jaw with a crack, abruptly canceling his forward momentum.