Vault of Barrena

by Nathaniel Parrish

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Two miles beneath the arctic permafrost, the Cripta Polar de Barrena protects the biological heritage of an endangered planet, its endless vaults kept frozen by the occult glands of pre-human leviathans. When an electrical fault disables the laser cooling system, technician Dario Melgarejo discovers the temperature is climbing. Trapped inside with a suspicious state marshal and a greedy antiquities smuggler, Dario watches in horror as the thermal-null field collapses. In the sub-zero corridors, the ice begins to thaw. Millions of seeds sprout into thorny flesh-traps, and long-dead predators pull themselves free of their specimen drawers with multi-jointed hunger. To survive, the three must plunge deeper into the freezing dark to reset the primary gland before the entire prehistoric wing wakes up.

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Table of contents

8 ChaptersRSS
Chapter NameRelease Date
1. Frost on the Hatch
2. Tampered Seals
3. The First Klaxon
4. A Burst Drawer in the Dark
5. Running Through the Specimen Stacks
6. Snapping Teeth
7. The Narrow Gap Behind the Compressor
8. Detonation of the Barrier

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