A mythical monster has awakened beneath Deer Falls following an earthquake. Can the Duggan family destroy this vicious and lethal predator before it drives the sleepy Colorado town to extinction?
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Violent tremors rippled through the entire house. Evan clutched both molded plastic arms of his office chair so tight his knuckles turned white. His instincts told him to spring from the chair and station himself inside the open doorway until the shaking stopped.
Neither leg budged an inch.
An oak shelf broke above him. Books tumbled down and spilled across the beige carpet. One thick leather-bound volume struck his knee. Evan winced and finally compelled himself to act. He stumbled toward the doorway, determined to follow through with his earlier plan. The sound of breaking glass greeted his ears. Evan’s deep blue eyes slid over to the wall. Jagged horizontal cracks stretched across the window, threatening to erupt in a rain of glass shards at any moment.
Then the tremors ceased with almost the same speed they emerged. This earthquake bore several telltale signs of being a massive one. He wondered how high it would place on the Richter Scale.
The whole house shook for approximately one minute. That minute formed its own separate eternity and invited a parade of memories Evan forgot existed.
Evan steadied his hand against the door jamb and drew a sharp breath. He pushed his glasses up along the bridge of his nose.
“Is everyone okay?”
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