Darkness Comes Before the Dawn: Book Four of the Karina Series - Hardcover

Umphenour, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475975813 ISBN 13: 9781475975819

Publisher: iUniverse, 2013

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Karina's life has changed dramatically in the last year. After losing both her parents in an airplane accident, she is now living in a facility known for using adventure education to turn troubled adolescents into responsible adults. As Karina and other students enter Devil's Icebox, a mazelike cave with a bad reputation for taking the lives of early explorers, they hope to experience a day of challenging spelunking. Instead, they soon are summoned by local authorities to rescue other spelunkers trapped inside-before it is too late.

As the thrill and excitement of cave exploration transforms into a living nightmare, Karina makes a fateful decision that results in the death of a child. In the aftermath, she seeks escape from the emotional trauma and nightmares that plague her by traveling to Hawaii, where she hopes to heal while studying volcanoes. But when Karina connects with a terminally ill child whose last wish is to see a volcanic eruption, she has no idea her world is about to tumble toward disaster.

In this captivating tale, a teenager puts her own life on the line in a perilous race against time-and flowing lava-in a desperate attempt to change a course of tragic events.

About this title

About the Author

Terry Umphenour is a middle school educator at Concordia International School Shanghai in Shanghai, China, where he leads students on environmental research projects and leadership programs that have included building ultralight airplanes and several expeditions focused on marine ecology, soil research, and wilderness survival. This is the fourth book in the Karina series.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475975813
• ISBN 13: 9781475975819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210