VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
Chapter One
Freezing. Devon Marshall was
freezing.
Darkness enveloped him. Thick
and heavy, wrapping around him like a
blanket. He could feel its weight pressing
in on him. Squeezing him. Smothering
him. And far off in the darkness, he
heard sounds. A deep rumble mixed
with a jumbled, muddied squawking.
The noises were muffled and distant
but growing steadily louder. Like a
train approaching: the thunder of the
engines and the clacking of its wheels
on the tracks.
A pinprick of light blazed in the
darkness. Tiny at first, but getting
closer. Every second it grew larger
and more intense. The sound roared now as the light rushed
toward him and then ...
Everything exploded into chaos.
Light and sound washed around him like a giant whirlpool.
He could feel himself spinning inside it. Being buffeted
and pulled along by a current.
And he was still freezing.
Lights flashed in his face. A dizzying array of reds and
blues. Light and darkness. Shadows loomed over him and
moved about. He tried to focus on the shadowy images as
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