The Valley of Despair

Written by Chris L Adams

Narrated by William L Hahn

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bizarre Tales
• Release date: Dec 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669668497

Chris L Adams

Chris hails from Dayton, Ohio circa Spring, 1969. At about age six his family moved to Virginia. After only 2 years the countryside beckoned and his family moved to a horse farm in rural West Virginia where his parents yet reside. The farm afforded plenty of opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors. As an adolescent he played Tarzan in the trees, and Huck Finn on the Bluestone River which surrounds his folks’ 80+ acre farm. In the wilds of the farm and surrounds he scaled cliffs, learned to shoot and ride horses and played ‘war’ with his friends where they utilized an arsenal of BB guns to heat up each others derrieres to howls of laughter and cries of pain and wrath. Growing up without the benefit of cable and satellite he developed a love of reading early on. After devouring many of the classics of both ancient and modern literature he settled into his favorite niche of pulp authors upon discovering authors as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Clark Ashton Smith, A. Merritt and of course Edgar Rice Burroughs. An avid hobbyist, he is a guitarist, having been in an out of many bands since the late 80s. Besides reading, writing and dabbling in guitar he also enjoys collecting historic militaria of mostly the WW2 era. Chris has been employed with ABB Inc. since 1992. Currently he is a Senior Systems Engineer in IS. Chris resides in Southern West Virginia with his wife and two children. PS: to contact Chris directly, please email to: [e-mail], and he'll be in touch.