The Child of the Cavern
Jules Verne & Vincent Parke et Company (trans.)
Book 16 of Voyages Extraordinaires
Language: English
Adventure stories Civilization Coal mines and mining -- Fiction Fantasy fiction French Imaginary places Scotland -- Fiction Subterranean -- Fiction _sort
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: Aug 30, 2021
Description:
An engineer returns to a depleted coal mine at an old friend’s request and investigates mysterious happenings.
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The Child of the Cavern follows engineer James Starr as he receives a letter from an old friend and co-worker, Simon Ford, requesting that he revisit a depleted coal mine in Scotland that he used to manage. Upon arriving, Starr finds the entire Ford family living in the mine, and Ford explains that a new coal vein has been located. Soon after Starr’s return, however, strange events start to occur, which seem to be supernatural. After a startling discovery, the characters continue to investigate these occurrences over the course of several years.