Maug: (Dane Maddock Universe Book 2) by David Wood & C.B. Matson

Author:David Wood & C.B. Matson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Adrenaline Press
Published: 2019-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

16

Bones stood on the weathered ledge and stared down into the tangle of vines and undergrowth over two hundred feet below. Someone had cut and set the stones beneath his feet, but who? Long and irregular, they did resemble pictures of the Nan Madol ruins, but these stones were set with more precision. He turned to Lyn, standing several paces back. “This rock pile was built by some fine engineers.” “Great, just tell me how we get out of here.” “The same way we came in. I think we should circle down and cross that ridge to the south. There’s a stream on the other side. It will lead us back to the shore.” Maddock joined him, glancing down for a moment. “Where’s the boat from here?” Bones pointed out their best route. He figured Maddock already knew where the boat was. That was just his friend’s way of giving him the lead. “Those steps are gonna be tougher going down than they were coming up. Why don’t you and Lyn go first, and I’ll follow with Sally?” Lyn started down immediately, but Bones saw his friend hold her back. Always cautious, but it had saved their necks more than once. Sally had regained her feet, but she was still wobbly. Down, one step at a time. Sally turned and used her hands, descending like on a ladder. Once at the bottom, Bones steered her well away from the glowing pool. He watched Maddock retrieve the pack, not letting Lyn out of his sight. Once beyond the net of vines, Bones searched out a path, little more than a cleft in the vegetation, that circled below the looming stone edifice. Lower still, they broke into a clearing of tumbled rocks and scrubby brush. “Must have been a landslide here or something.” He called a halt. “I don’t like the looks of this field, too open.” Maddock agreed. “Then we cut over there and cross the ridge higher up.” Climbing to the ridge top, Bones dodged around a maze of large boulders. Lyn said, “These stones have been cut and squared off.” She gazed back at the stone fortress above. “There must have been an entire city here at one time.”

Bones didn’t stop. “Lemuria. It came to a bad end.” Crossing the ridge, Bones located the small drainage he’d seen earlier. Animal trails paralleled the trickling stream. He followed deeper into a green maze of underbrush. A little farther, the stream broke into a rippling cascade that plunged fifty feet to a pond below. The game trail they’d been following veered off to the south before angling back to rejoin the stream. At the foot of the falls, Bones halted them once more. “Let’s take ten here. I want to refill our water supply before we go much further.” Maddock shrugged out of the pack and dumped a half-dozen two-liter bottles at their feet. Sally helped him fill them from the pond. She surprised them all by slinging the loaded pack across her shoulders.

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