Brother and sister team Midnight and Aurora Pendragon have a successful airship business taking clients on trips to be photographed with their pet pterodactyl. The last thing they expect is to have one such trip hijacked by the dashing adventurer Voltaire Crevin and his right-hand man Trevilian Hawke. While his sister and Voltaire repeatedly lock horns, Midnight finds himself increasingly drawn to Trevilian. Finally, Voltaire explains they are trying to prevent a weapon of mass destruction from falling into the hands of a ruthless, secret organization, the S.O.R. With Midnight’s help, they take the airship down into an extinct volcano to find that not only does Atlantis still exist, but the weapon is in the hands of the few remaining Atlanteans. But if Voltaire had believed the S.O.R. were ruthless, it's nothing compared to that of the Atlanteans who seek to return to the surface and rule the world using their ultimate weapon: The Leviathan. Midnight’s feelings for Trevilian deepen as they seek a way to stop the Atlanteans and escape from Atlantis. Danger comes in many ways and takes many forms, each more deadly than the last. Can Midnight and Trevilian survive long enough to know whether love never dies?

Love Never Dies

Even from a few paces away, Midnight felt the battle of wills between the two men and he wondered just who the victor would be. And what will be the consequences, both for us, and for the world


“And sacrifice freedom? Live under a yoke of tyranny?” Voltaire shook his head slowly. “No, I don’t believe that would be right. Freedom is something worth fighting for.”


“Ferdinand-Ashdown told us you would say something of that kind.” Maximus began to prowl again. “That you would oppose a notion of a natural world order and the peace that would bring. All men cannotbe equal.”


“Peace without freedom is still tyranny, the enemy of what my country stands for. Democracy.”


“There are those whose destiny it is to rule, Voltaire-Crevin. Just as it is the destiny of others to be ruled. It is the way of things. Accept it and there can be no tyranny because all know their place and are content with it.”


Chapter 39