CHRYSALIS
By Fred Ahlborn
NOW BEING PUBLISHED ONLINE
BY NITELINKS
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My 78,000 word manuscript entitled "Chrysalis"
is an action-adventure, science fiction novel.
I grew up on the southern shores of Lake Superior...enjoying her mighty ocean-surf swells,
the infinite depths, her monumental cliff formations, and the grandest of all freshwater
islands. What lay beneath this pristine body finally surfaced in "Chrysalis"...a
journey beneath Superior's icy winter sheaths and her mighty Aurora that once waved so
majestically around the heavens above.
The adventure of "Chrysalis" begins during construction of a world-wide
submarine communications network back in the 1960's. The project was halted when Naval
geologists discovered mammoth hollowed-out depressions occupying the entire area beneath
the big lake. But it wasn't until this past winter that a joint military/commercial
expedition was organized. Utilizing hi-tech bedrock liquifying equipment, the team morphed
through the Superior dolomite on a Presidential mission to map the cavern systems.
The explorers included military commanders and their Navy SEALs; civilian design
engineers; area divers; a crotchety--but lovable--retired historian; and a teen-age boy
who stowed away to be with his dad.
A living burial in the impaled bedrock morpher...wild ventilation shaft rides...nuclear
agreements gone haywire...talking machinery...and splintering ice flows all threatened the
dwindling expedition. Huge iron ore supercarriers were discovered grounded on the
cavernous slag below. Alien bodies metamorphosized...exploding in their faces. There were
the subterranean dwellers, their supernatural Aurora guardians...and the truth about the
Canadians, the French, and the alien 'Providers'. The teams struggled with gargantuan
hydraulic systems--the ancient stellarship's cavern entrance--in their climactic salvation
attempt...but in the end it was the stowaway teen and his waddling friend who held the
key. The key to final escape--the key to the Aurora above...the "Chrysalis"
dome, now forever entombing its hideous captives below.
My literary background includes experience as a newspaper editor, copywriter, and
editorial collumnist. I am also a seasoned television news writer, reporter, and
editor...video production manager, three-dimensional computer animator...and high school
communications department head, and as "webmaster" for my school's internet
presence. Honors received include Associated Press "Best News Story",
"Best Feature Story", and a DuPont "Award Of Excellence"
nomination. I enjoy scuba diving, camping, motorcycle riding, and my hometown Lake
Superior surfline as it pounds the agate-strewn beaches of Munising, Michigan...far above
the Providers, the caverns, and the "Chrysalis" entombment.
Visit Nostalgic Munising, Michigan, where Chrysalis was "dreampt up"!!!
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