Underworlds #1: the Battle Begins
“It stunk like burning trash. We groped our way forward in near darkness.
But no matter how deep into the gloom we walked, we could still hear each grain of black sand falling into the bottom of the hourglass.
“How long do we have?” asked Jon.
“I don’t know,” I said. “All I know is that I don’t trust Hades. We need to hurry before he changes his mind.”
Finally, the smoke cleared a little, allowing us a view of black earth as far as the eye could see, dotted by burned tree stumps and black-water ...marshes. The smell didn’t let up.
Sydney pointed ahead. “Look.”
A strange, ragged-looking tower stood on a rise in the distance. It was made of dull brown metal streaked with green.
“That’s bronze,” said Sydney, “like my gong.”
Just in front of the bronze tower was a huge mound of dirt. It rose to a point at the top.
“I guess that’s the big mud thing Hades told us about,” said Jon. “It looks like a volcano.”
I tightened my grip on the lyre and felt my stomach flip-flop.MoreLess
But no matter how deep into the gloom we walked, we could still hear each grain of black sand falling into the bottom of the hourglass.
“How long do we have?” asked Jon.
“I don’t know,” I said. “All I know is that I don’t trust Hades. We need to hurry before he changes his mind.”
Finally, the smoke cleared a little, allowing us a view of black earth as far as the eye could see, dotted by burned tree stumps and black-water ...marshes. The smell didn’t let up.
Sydney pointed ahead. “Look.”
A strange, ragged-looking tower stood on a rise in the distance. It was made of dull brown metal streaked with green.
“That’s bronze,” said Sydney, “like my gong.”
Just in front of the bronze tower was a huge mound of dirt. It rose to a point at the top.
“I guess that’s the big mud thing Hades told us about,” said Jon. “It looks like a volcano.”
I tightened my grip on the lyre and felt my stomach flip-flop.MoreLess
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