Og—Son of Fire

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Og—Son of Fire

by Irving Crump

EN·~3 hours·21 chapters

Chapters

21 total
1

OG—SON OF FIRE

0:24
2

ILLUSTRATIONS

0:45
3

OG—SON OF FIRE - CHAPTER I THE CALL OF COOKED MEAT

10:28
4

CHAPTER II THE FIRE DEMON

10:05
5

CHAPTER III THE CRACK IN THE EARTH

14:24
6

CHAPTER IV THE FIRST CAMP FIRE

11:06
7

CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE WOLF BECOMES DOG

16:31
8

CHAPTER VI AT BAY WITH THE WOLF PACK

7:04
9

CHAPTER VII A CAPTIVE OF THE TREE PEOPLE

16:00
10

CHAPTER VIII SCAR FACE THE TERRIBLE

14:13

Description

A massive volcano awakens after ages of silence, spewing rivers of molten lava that turn the sky a bruised purple and fill the valley with choking smoke. Huddled under a rugged cliff, a lone boy and two trembling wolf‑dog cubs cling to the stone for shelter, the only survivors of a shattered cliff‑dwelling community. As the fire‑demon roars and the earth shudders, the boy must confront a world transformed by flame and ash.

Exhausted and terrified, he falls into a strange, hunched sleep, his hands clasped protectively around his neck—a posture that seems both instinctual and alien to modern eyes. The night stretches on, the glowing lava casting eerie shadows on the cavern walls, while the cubs watch silently. In this precarious moment the boy’s courage and the bond with his animal companions become the only hope against the relentless fury of the volcano.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (219K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2019-12-31

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

IC

Irving Crump

1887–1979

Best known for adventure stories written for young readers, this American writer and editor helped shape generations of scouting fiction and introduced many children to the prehistoric hero Og. His work ranged from magazine editing to radio and books, always with a strong sense of action and curiosity.

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