Cave In Book 1: Cave In, #1

By Michael P Buckley

During a fire Inspection a cave in almost takes the life of Ben. "The forces of Good and Evil" are battling each other, Ben finds love and the two struggle to stay alive to enjoy it. If you love dogs the hero in the series is Rocket, a Belgian Malinos

Book 1 of 3. The complete series is complete with book 3 published on 07 Sept 2014. The book set will follow in a few days. Book 3 should appear in a few days to all the sales channels.

Contains strong violence, for adults only.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael P Buckley
• Release date: Aug 27, 2014
• ISBN: 9781502241252

Michael P Buckley

Michael Buckley is 61 years old, currently living in the Philippines. He served 3 1/2 years in the US Army in the Infantry. He worked in Iraq for seven years, and Afghanistan for one year. He enjoys writing stories from his vivid imagination.  Michael's Blog can be found here: http://mikga45.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-buckley/131615023677907 https://twitter.com/mikga45

Book preview

Prologue

The story of one man’s brush with death and lost of hope. Ben Erickson thought he had all his peas and cues in order and he enjoyed a happy life until the event on 12 November 2013, would change all of that. He will soon learn even the toughest men need others. Heaven and Hell battle each other. Ben finds love, if they can survive the forces of evil. They just might have time to enjoy happiness together.

Cave In Book 1

Chapter 1

Daylight was turning to darkness and Ben Erickson still had a few hours of work before him. He had to finish doing an inspection on a building that had washed out underneath the main flooring and parking area.

The last Hurricane that came through SW Florida washed out a lot of parking areas for condominiums and caused some of the swimming pools to cave in and collapse.

The name of the condominium Ben inspected they called the Egret, at four story’s tall it did well, and all the apartments sold. Ben went to get a flashlight out of his truck after hearing some noises near the southwest corner of the condominium parking area.

They had fallen behind with all the damage the Hurricane had brought and now long hours were part of the job.

Protocols were set for everyone’s safety and followed to a tee. Hourly calls to the dispatcher were required, if the check-in calls were not made, two men from the fire station were dispatched to check on why the person did not check-in. The fire chief would have someone’s butt for failure to check-in.

Ben did not like what he saw when he inspected the SW corner; the main column was starting to crack. The column supported the building, driven into the ground at least 100 feet deep. Without seeing the blue prints, Ben knew there were at least thirty support columns and maybe more. Ben would request the blue prints for the building before his inspection report was completed. He would go over the details with the county building inspector to make sure everything was up to proper building codes.

The Hurricane hit the condominium ten days prior, Hurricane Cindy will be remembered as doing the most damage to the residential coastline.

The residents forced to evacuate the building and the Manager of the condominium has pushed to have the inspection completed so repair crews could repair the damage and move people back into the building.

Ben called up the dispatcher to check in and then he called the fire chief to report hearing noises on the SW corner of the Egret. He would take his flashlight to further investigate the area and call the chief back within ten minutes.

After getting the flashlight he returned to where he herd the noises and further inspection he could see cracks starting on the column, it was not a good sign and it was an indication the ground had movement and was no longer stable. Ben saw the ground collapsing around him and he started to move back and removed his cell phone to call the chief.

Chapter 2

I felt pain in my legs and arms, my ribs felt as if I had broken a few of them and dirt filled the front of my face entering through my nose and mouth, trying to take the little bit of air I had to breath away from me. I was disoriented and did not really know where I was. The pain I felt kept me from entering into a state of unconsciousness. It was dark, but some light still came from above. I slowly gained my senses and knew I had fallen into the cave-in alongside the column, now I had to wait for someone to get me out of here. I knew the chief would send someone out to check on me if I did not call him back. I was at least 30 feet down in the hole next to a column that could give way at any time. I knew not to let fear take over, or I would never make it out of this alive.

I checked my pockets for a flashlight I carried on a key chain, not much but it will give off a little light. I lost my cell phone and main flashlight when I was sucked into the hole. I did not think my chances were good to make it out of this one a live, but I had to try. The slightest movement I made sent pieces of dirt from the hole falling on my head and trying to block my nose and mouth. I was really in