Necropolis. James Axler

could have cushioned their plummet down the chasm.

      But that was an advantage denied to Nathan, Thurpa and the new girl, Lyta.

      He looked up. The sky was gone. Had the earth closed up? And had it been only he and Grant who had fallen? Indeed, had Grant fallen? Or was he still trapped aboveground, kept from advancing by the rift that had opened ahead of him?

      Alone in the darkness, Kane knew that there were two ways to go. Up the inclined ledge, toward the surface where his friends may or may not be, or down, deeper into the belly of the underground, where he was certain the trouble originated.

      His enemies were likely ahead of him. That meant going down.

      Kane descended into the abyss.