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Beneath
Beneath
Synopsis
Planet Earth defends itself against fatal devastation caused by human habitation. An increasing number of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes annihilate large numbers of humans all over the world.
Book author and magazine columnist living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Dennis Quant, a physical fitness devotee in his late forties, specializes in the subject of wilderness survival. The future is clear to him. It is the year 2013; he envisions an earth change apocalypse before the year is over. As he often tells his brother Danny, a construction engineer, and his favourite niece, Aggie, a fifteen-year-old high school student, he refuses to be a victim.
The safest way to live, he asserts, is to build an underground shelter that will survive most cataclysms that he can foresee. He finds a setting in the wilderness, where Durham, the hometown of his parents, is the closest human settlement. With Danny and Aggie’s assistance he begins building his sanctuary. His girlfriend, Chelsea, starts work in London, uninterested in survival beneath the ground.
By the time his shelter is built, New Hampshire, like all of the U.S., has begun to be ravaged by earthquakes, droughts and wildfires. He has begun living alone in his refuge when a series of massive earthquakes destroy most of the region. The only person close to Dennis whom he manages to rescue is Aggie. They begin to live together underground with a kitten named Gilda that Dennis adopted from an animal shelter.
As they follow Dennis’ wilderness survival methods – a major learning process for the teenage girl – they kill or grow their own food, travel by bicycle or on foot, make wells for water, and try to manage their own minds and bodies during what turns out to be years underground.
Dennis experiences strange dreams that tell him the earth will be restored in five years, ready for some form of normal habitation above ground. In time Aggie begins to have her own kinds of dreams, which are associated with her burgeoning sex drive, and the problems that presents two isolated relatives living together
In their fourth year living beneath the ground, Dennis is unprepared for a climate change that brings heavy snowstorms to his area. He is injured during a hunting trip, and needs to be rescued by Aggie after hours of lying unconscious in the snow. This leads to a broken leg and frostbite. Dennis is now largely dependent on his nineteen-year-old niece for survival.
In the fifth year, the ETs arrived on Earth.
Synopsis
Planet Earth defends itself against fatal devastation caused by human habitation. An increasing number of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes annihilate large numbers of humans all over the world.
Book author and magazine columnist living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Dennis Quant, a physical fitness devotee in his late forties, specializes in the subject of wilderness survival. The future is clear to him. It is the year 2013; he envisions an earth change apocalypse before the year is over. As he often tells his brother Danny, a construction engineer, and his favourite niece, Aggie, a fifteen-year-old high school student, he refuses to be a victim.
The safest way to live, he asserts, is to build an underground shelter that will survive most cataclysms that he can foresee. He finds a setting in the wilderness, where Durham, the hometown of his parents, is the closest human settlement. With Danny and Aggie’s assistance he begins building his sanctuary. His girlfriend, Chelsea, starts work in London, uninterested in survival beneath the ground.
By the time his shelter is built, New Hampshire, like all of the U.S., has begun to be ravaged by earthquakes, droughts and wildfires. He has begun living alone in his refuge when a series of massive earthquakes destroy most of the region. The only person close to Dennis whom he manages to rescue is Aggie. They begin to live together underground with a kitten named Gilda that Dennis adopted from an animal shelter.
As they follow Dennis’ wilderness survival methods – a major learning process for the teenage girl – they kill or grow their own food, travel by bicycle or on foot, make wells for water, and try to manage their own minds and bodies during what turns out to be years underground.
Dennis experiences strange dreams that tell him the earth will be restored in five years, ready for some form of normal habitation above ground. In time Aggie begins to have her own kinds of dreams, which are associated with her burgeoning sex drive, and the problems that presents two isolated relatives living together
In their fourth year living beneath the ground, Dennis is unprepared for a climate change that brings heavy snowstorms to his area. He is injured during a hunting trip, and needs to be rescued by Aggie after hours of lying unconscious in the snow. This leads to a broken leg and frostbite. Dennis is now largely dependent on his nineteen-year-old niece for survival.
In the fifth year, the ETs arrived on Earth.
215 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
About the author
Peter Alexander
3 books48 followersA former sportswriter for The Worcester Telegram and The New York Times, Peter first enjoyed fame when he wrote and directed the documentary film, ‘The Animals are Crying,’ which dealt with the problems facing cats and dogs in America due to overpopulation. Winner of three major film festivals in the 70s, Peter’s film was described by former New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, as the “best persuasion film” he had ever watched.
Nature and the environment have always been among Peter’s greatest interests. Nature plays a major role his novel, ‘Beneath, as well as soon to be released “The Girl Who Threw Stars.” The two books are very different, but a powerful common theme involves man’s relationship to his environment.
Since 2003 Peter, who currently lives in Thailand, has written seven children’s books, notably the popular ‘Mubu®’ series about a little Thai girl who saved numerous animals in her wilderness village in northern Thailand.
Peter has also owned and managed two highly successful advertising agencies, Redford International and The Lexington Group, the former associated with Saatchi & Saatchi in London. He was also an award-winning creative director for both companies.
Today, besides writing books and screenplays, he cares for on a regular basis homeless dogs and cats, supporting animals both with food and medical assistance.
Peter’s other main causes involve women’s rights, and promoting organic food and sustainable energy development.
Nature and the environment have always been among Peter’s greatest interests. Nature plays a major role his novel, ‘Beneath, as well as soon to be released “The Girl Who Threw Stars.” The two books are very different, but a powerful common theme involves man’s relationship to his environment.
Since 2003 Peter, who currently lives in Thailand, has written seven children’s books, notably the popular ‘Mubu®’ series about a little Thai girl who saved numerous animals in her wilderness village in northern Thailand.
Peter has also owned and managed two highly successful advertising agencies, Redford International and The Lexington Group, the former associated with Saatchi & Saatchi in London. He was also an award-winning creative director for both companies.
Today, besides writing books and screenplays, he cares for on a regular basis homeless dogs and cats, supporting animals both with food and medical assistance.
Peter’s other main causes involve women’s rights, and promoting organic food and sustainable energy development.
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