Journey to the Center of the Earth 4

By John Pirillo

The Hollow Earth Forces are being assailed on all sides, by nature and by giant insects. The worst part is that there may be a saboteur among them.

Russ and Everett have to fight for their lives when they are separated from the other team members.

Shantel is forced to make a hard decision as she learns to deal with the near destruction of India.

An exciting adventure driven by the very real stigma of global climate changes we now face in reality today, a team of explorers and soldiers strive to head off what could be the extinction of all life on the planet earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Pirillo
• Release date: May 31, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311749529

John Pirillo

The author was born in Washington, Pennsylvannia. He loves animals and birds. Has two pet cockatiels that keep him company while he writes. He has a lovely daughter and a rascally grandson. He is rich in friends that matter and well adjusted to a life of challenges. He writes and draws every day. He loves anything science fiction, fantasy or extremely well written. Same goes for movies and TV. Not married currently, but has an eye and ear open to possibilities. :)

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Journey to the Center of the Earth 4

The Long Road Home

John Pirillo

A Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2024

Chapter One

It is the wiser man, who looks before he leaps, but sometimes necessity outweighs good sense and we must have faith in a Higher Power and take that leap anyway. Nicolas Tesla.

Fiery Hell

Interior of the Earth

July 21, 2015

Crapppppppppp! Russ's voice hollers loudly and echoes over and over, joined by Everett's scream underlying and punctuating it.

The two men find themselves sliding down an incline of about forty five degrees that is soft and pliable, but littered here and there were soft brown piles of an unknown substance, which they roll over and smash into as they tumble down the incline.

Finally, they reach a more level space and roll to a stop.

Russ sits up, sniffs the air. Oh crap!

Everett's nose wrinkles up as he looks at himself and his friend. Yeah. And all over us too! He curses, struggling to get up and fling the brown stuff from his uniform as he climbs to his feet.

Russ tries to get up, and then falls back down.

Everett looks at him. I know. Crap!

You're such a mind reader, Ev. Russ points out with disgust, and then manages to get to his feet by grabbing hold of the wall next to him. As he does he grunts and cries out with pain, favoring his right leg.

I think something's broken. He finally admits, and drops back to the floor in disgust and anger.

Everett drops back next to him and begins probing the leg.

Oh Damnit! That hurts! Russ complains.

Stop acting like a baby! Everett snaps at him.

I will when you stop poking needles into me. Russ retorts angrily, biting his lower lip as the pain grips him more fiercely than ever.

Everett applies pressure just above the knee and below it and grips tight.

Russ gives him a scowling glance. What are you doing?

Did I ever tell you about that gal I met back in Kansas?

Russ is caught off guard by the comment and looks away from his leg and into Everett's face. Are you crazy? Now's not the time to...

SNAP!

Russ screams at the top of his lungs, and then blacks out.

She was a doctor. Everett finishes, sighing.

He pulls out a small protein bar and begins to eat on it. Now where the hell are we?

He activates his wrist communicator and eyes the GPS co-ordinates on it. Great. Now we're even further away than before.

Disgusted, exhausted and futile he closes his eyes. Life sucks and then you die.

He tries to snuggle against the wall a bit closer to get more comfortable, his eyelids drooping shut. "I sure could