“Bones, let’s put that stone back where we found it.”
The moon hung low on the horizon when they once again emerged from the temple atop Motec Mountain. It shone dully through the mist that still hung over the mountaintop. Between the climbing and the strain of this afternoon’s experience, Maddock had nothing left. He crossed the lake and made his way back to the spot where they’d made their ascent only scarcely aware of his surroundings, his mind as foggy as the air that surrounded them.
“I think we should stay here until morning,” Bones said. “It’s too dark and we’re both too tired to climb down.”
Maddock nodded and sank to the ground.
“It sucks that we won’t know until tomorrow whether we made it home or if we’re still stuck in our own version of Red Dawn.”
Maddock took out his phone. He scrolled through the contact list and then checked the text messages. The photo and message from Melissa were gone. His list was back to normal, though, and the name at the top brought a smile to his face— Angel.
“It’s all right,” he said. “We’re back.”
Works by David Wood
Dourado
Cibola
Quest
Icefall
Buccaneer
Atlantis
Ark (forthcoming)
Freedom
Hell Ship
Splashdown
Dead Ice
Liberty
Electra
Amber (forthcoming)
Justice (forthcoming)
Into the Woods
Arena of Souls
The Zombie-Driven Life
You Suck
Callsign: Queen (with Jeremy Robinson)
Oracle (with Sean Ellis)
Destiny (with Sean Ellis)
Dark Rite (with Alan Baxter)
The Silver Serpent
Keeper of the Mists
The Gates of Iron (forthcoming)
The Impostor Prince (with Ryan A. Span-forthcoming)
About the Author
David Wood is the author of the bestselling Dane Maddock Adventures and Dane Maddock Origins series and many other titles. Writing as David Debord, he writes the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing he co-hosts the Authorcast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe,New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.