The House Below The Floodline

von Coron Johnson

184 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

When the Black Ridge spillway catastrophically fails, the logging settlement of Oakhaven disappears beneath a devastating wall of water, timber, mud, and shattered stone. Josephine Hale, a trained paramedic, is stranded with a small group of survivors on the roof of the isolated Crest Homestead. The house seems to be their last refuge-but Josephine quickly realizes that something about it is deeply wrong.As floodwaters rise around the mountain and enormous logs batter the structure, the survivors discover that the house was never simply an old mountain residence. Hidden beneath its collapsing exterior is a reinforced subterranean complex, sealed behind a massive bronze hatch and connected to a mysterious underground installation. Recent medical supplies, sophisticated equipment, unexplained telemetry, and evidence of deliberate engineering suggest that someone has been maintaining the facility long after the world above believed it abandoned.Josephine is joined by a group whose members each bring their own skills, secrets, and agendas. Marcus Ash fights to survive the physical disaster. Julian Nightingale studies strange signals and structural patterns. Alexander Voss, a dam engineer, knows more about the catastrophic release than he initially admits. Beatrice Vale recognizes that the house's architecture conceals something extraordinary, while the apparently helpless Scarlett Blackwood reveals abilities that suggest she is far more than an ordinary survivor.As the group descends beneath the flooded homestead, survival becomes only the first problem. The deeper they go, the more they uncover about Deck Beta, its sealed systems, and the purpose behind the hidden structure. The flood outside is not merely destroying a town; it is forcing open a secret that has remained buried beneath the mountain for decades.With water invading the underground levels, machinery awakening, and alliances collapsing under pressure, Josephine must navigate a world where rescue may be impossible and the people beside her may be hiding the most dangerous truths of all.The House Below The Floodline is a tense survival thriller blending catastrophic disaster, subterranean mystery, hidden technology, and psychological suspense. If you enjoy stories about impossible survival, secret facilities, dangerous discoveries, and mysteries buried beneath ordinary places, this novel delivers a relentless descent into darkness where the house itself may be only the beginning.

• Themen: Belletristik Thriller / Spannung
• ISBN: 9798182795760
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Coron Johnson