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| A World Below |
Eric, Silvia and the rest of Mr. Baker’s eighth grade
class are less than excited about their field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New
Mexico. The students think that geology
and cave exploration is rather boring.
Mr. Baker, however, is thrilled about their trip inside this natural
phenomenon; he’s studied the caves so much, he doesn’t even bother booking a
tour guide.
But while deep inside the caves, the unthinkable occurs –
an earthquake. Rocks rain down on the
class, Mr. Baker disappears, and the students are washed down an underground
river that takes them far beyond the known parameters of the caverns.
Eric manages to climb out of the river, but is separated
from the rest of the group. Now he is
lost, alone in the dark, and has only a tiny amount of food and water. At least his cell phone has a light, but the
battery will only last for so long.
Eric, who has always kept to himself, is now completely and truly alone.
Meanwhile, Silvia, who has anxiety issues of her own,
becomes the leader of the student group and begins guiding her classmates
through the caves.
All the kids are scared and quickly begin rationing their
food and water. But it soon becomes
apparent that they will need more than standard survival skills. The students discover that they are not alone
in the caves. There are other humans in
the underground world. None of the students
know who they are or how they got there, and their motives are entirely
mysterious.
Join Eric, Silvia and the rest of the class on a
suspenseful thrill-ride through a world inhabited by man-eating insects and
other creatures of the night, underground forests and glowing mushrooms, and
where weapons-clad humans lurk in the darkness.
