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Deep Down
The world is ending. His family is dead. And it’s all the man’s fault.
There’s no reason for him to go on.
But he promised his eldest son that they’d explore the mountain cave near their home. They never got around to it, never enough time, always something in the way—work, school, other responsibilities, things that don’t matter anymore. Now the man has all the time in the world, because everyone’s out of time.
Of all the broken promises, this is the one he is determined to keep.
Along with the family dog, who he can’t bear to leave behind, the man ventures into the cave.
Though he doesn’t expect or plan for either of them to live very long, the man still struggles to keep himself and the dog alive, struggles to survive one more day, just one more day. Yet the deeper into the mountain they go, the stranger and more dangerous the cave becomes.
But that’s the only thing left to do—go deeper.
There’s no reason for him to go on.
But he promised his eldest son that they’d explore the mountain cave near their home. They never got around to it, never enough time, always something in the way—work, school, other responsibilities, things that don’t matter anymore. Now the man has all the time in the world, because everyone’s out of time.
Of all the broken promises, this is the one he is determined to keep.
Along with the family dog, who he can’t bear to leave behind, the man ventures into the cave.
Though he doesn’t expect or plan for either of them to live very long, the man still struggles to keep himself and the dog alive, struggles to survive one more day, just one more day. Yet the deeper into the mountain they go, the stranger and more dangerous the cave becomes.
But that’s the only thing left to do—go deeper.
180 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2020
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Amanda M. Blake
34 books13 followersAmanda M. Blake is a cat-loving daydreamer who enjoys geekery of all sorts, from superheroes to horror movies, urban fantasy to unconventional romance. Born and raised in Texas, Blake attended Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English.
Amid dipping tentacles into the sea of gothic and horror short stories and poetry, Blake is also the author of horror novels Question Not My Salt and Deep Down and the fairy tale mash-up Thorns series.
Amid dipping tentacles into the sea of gothic and horror short stories and poetry, Blake is also the author of horror novels Question Not My Salt and Deep Down and the fairy tale mash-up Thorns series.
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November 8, 2022
Caves are creepy. They're a perfect setting for horror. There's the dark, the unknown. They give me the creeps thinking about going into them.
I get the feeling the author of this book is comfortable in caves because she doesn't really play up on what I find scariest about caves, that being the claustrophobia. I don't remember any tight squeezes or fears of getting stuck in the entire book. In fact the first two thirds of the book are hardly horror at all, more of a thriller style adventure. I enjoyed it but I kept wondering if I'd gotten something different than what I was expecting.
Then the last third of the book it gets into the horror. I don't want to spoil too much about it but it was unsettling. Good stuff.
The book reminded me a lot of the movie the Descent, and of Laurel Hightowers Below. So if you like that movie or book try this one.
I get the feeling the author of this book is comfortable in caves because she doesn't really play up on what I find scariest about caves, that being the claustrophobia. I don't remember any tight squeezes or fears of getting stuck in the entire book. In fact the first two thirds of the book are hardly horror at all, more of a thriller style adventure. I enjoyed it but I kept wondering if I'd gotten something different than what I was expecting.
Then the last third of the book it gets into the horror. I don't want to spoil too much about it but it was unsettling. Good stuff.
The book reminded me a lot of the movie the Descent, and of Laurel Hightowers Below. So if you like that movie or book try this one.
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