Living Hell

‘… in E minus ten seconds.’I saw Dad reach across me with his free hand.’…nine…’Mum’s free hand met his.’…eight…’There was dead silence.’…seven…’Suddenly, I found myself praying. I don’t know why. It’s not as if any all-powerful force governing the universe – if it existed – was going to pay the slightest bit of attention to me. But I prayed anyway.’…six…’Please, I prayed, let us survive this thing.’…five…”Cheney,’ said Dad, ‘you are my greatest achievement.”…four…’I closed my eyes.’…three…’I caught my breath.’…two…’I thought: This can’t be happening.’…one…’On board the ark ship ‘Plexus’, the crew are prepared for everything – or so they think. But when they pass through a mysterious energy stream, the frightening consequences are like nothing they have ever seen or imagined. Sixteen-year-old Cheney and his friends suddenly find themselves adrift in a living nightmare, fighting for their lives against the very entity which was created to protect them.