Ron Speed

Thursday's Child Ron Speed

A baby is found by a tramp, a bag lady, abandoned near to the banks of the Nile River and taken to a small clinic. What appears to be a very large and valuable gem stone is found in the Moses basket with the new-born infant. She is taken to the hospital. The Police arrive to investigate but the gem stone has vanished, stolen before it can be examined. The Media make it their lead story when it is discovered that the infant is diagnosed as a Mermaid Baby. Bruce Patterson, a rich and powerful man who has a passion for collecting valuable and rare artifacts wants the gem stone. He sends two of his employees to acquire the stone. A man dies suspiciously and the two are stranded on the island of Kalos in a mysterious fog which comes suddenly and covers a large area of the Mediterranean Sea. A Police Inspector and a Medical Examiner are held captive and a charter airline pilot kidnapped in their pursuit of the gem stone. A ship, called The Trojan Queen, disappears in the fog with two members of a cult called The Temple of Atlantis aboard and they claim they can heal the baby with the stone. Amidst the mayhem, revenge is planned and vengeance emerges unexpectedly. But love too can also be unexpected as the story unfolds.