
Mike and Andy are on a remote mountain stretch, hoping for a perfect shot of a massive eagle that has just claimed a dead cougar. When the bird dives, Mike’s reflexes send him lunging into the chaos, knives flashing and blood spilling, leaving both brothers shaken and the camera shattered. Their tense exchange reveals a fragile partnership strained by Mike’s obsessive drive to uncover something beyond the ordinary.
Back at the cabin, the brothers’ banter turns dark as Andy accuses Mike of madness, while the hum of a homemade dynamo and a tangle of wires hint at a larger, secretive experiment. Mike, a former lab technician expelled after a catastrophic incident, cannot abandon his quest, even as the wilderness seems to pulse with hidden electricity. The story sets the stage for a gripping chase—between nature’s fierce predators and the unseen forces that may be pulling the strings from the shadows.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (145K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2015-11-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1930–1999
Best known for blending fantasy and science fiction in richly imagined worlds, this American writer created enduring series including Darkover and the Avalon books. Her career stretched across decades, with work that helped shape modern speculative fiction.
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