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The Valley of Despair

Tales of Despair, Book 1

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The Valley of Despair

By: Chris L. Adams
Narrated by: William L. Hahn
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Lost in a savage Jungle....

Having survived a terrific plane crash, Lt. Erik von Mendelsohn is forced to endure the terrors of a primitive world. Now lost in the fastness of an African jungle, he has no idea where lay the lines of friendly forces he was trying to reach before flying off course after his compass malfunctioned.

Making matters infinitely worse, Erik discovers there are forces at work more dangerous than the savage predators that have stalked him since abandoning his wrecked plane when he discovers a mysterious, prehistoric city governed by the grim, gray inhabitants of another world.

Forced into servitude for his new masters, and instructed in their tongue by a beautiful slave girl, Erik begins plotting their escape....

But is escape even possible from this Valley of Despair?

This is a short story.

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It takes one short chapter of this novella to convince you you’re in for a thrill ride. German WWI pilot Erik von Mendelsohn has crashed in the jungle and is trying to survive a group of apes that have taken the wrong kind of interest in him. Desperate to escape, he reaches the edge of the jungle near a high cliff face and the apes who are in hot pursuit…refuse to follow him past the tree line. It’s a simple idea very subtly conveyed in the story, but it set all the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end. These totally aggressive and fearsome animals won’t follow our hero as he attempts to climb the cliff face to get away from them. It’s difficult not to ask yourself—what are the apes afraid of? What the heck is Erik getting himself into? And the tension just keep ratcheting higher from this point forward.

Erik is a well thought out character—he’s smart, a bit impulsive, and a little too curious for his own good. The supporting cast is equally interesting. I don’t want to give away the plot, but the people Erik finds and gets into trouble with are equally brave and capable—and the problem they have to confront is better thought out than a lot of “lost world” adventure-style stories I’ve encountered. In short if you want a fast-paced well-developed adventure story with great characters, you should give Valley of Despair a try. And the audio version goes the extra mile to really bring the book to life.

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