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    What Lurks Beyond
    What Lurks Beyond
    What Lurks Beyond
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    What Lurks Beyond

    By Jack de Nileth

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    What Lurks Beyond tells the story of four children who decide to play hide-and-seek in an abandoned mansion. A stupid idea, but nothing special. Or so they hoped. How could they possibly have known what their foolish actions would unleash?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJack de Nileth
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9781502249678
    What Lurks Beyond
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    Jack de Nileth

    Jack was born in Berlin and began to craft fantasy and science fiction stories during his school years, all of which were intended for games that he made with the RPG-Maker engine. During this time, he created a vast universe that most of his stories took place in, with an epic trilogy at its center. But he never managed to finish the last part in the series, even after working on it for 6+ years. The game had simply grown too big for a single person. That universe is now known as the Mortaevum universe. It will contain a retelling of most of his stories as well as new ones. The first book in that series is now in its revision phase, so keep an eye out! You can find the first drafts of his stories on http://www.jack-de-nileth.com

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      What Lurks Beyond - Jack de Nileth

      What Lurks Beyond

      Jack de Nileth

      Copyright © Jack de Nileth 2014

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it was published.

      All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      Publisher:

      Frank-Peter Rupprecht

      Otto-Nagel-Straße 49b

      12683 Berlin, Germany

      jackdenileth@gmail.com

      Contents

      1.What Lurks Beyond

      About the Author

      What Lurks Beyond

      Hide-and-seek is a harmless little game for children to play when they are bored. One player is chosen as the seeker and everyone else hides in a more or less enclosed area. When everyone has been found or when the seeker surrenders, another session begins. This cycle continues until the children are bored once more. And that should have been it, but when I was a little girl, I learned that hide-and-seek can be a truly frightening experience.

      Back then, we lived in a quiet hamlet situated at the edge of a lake, which was in turn surrounded by a sea of trees. On the outskirts of the town, at its northwestern tip, stood a derelict and abandoned mansion. A perfect place for tests of courage.

      One scorching summer day, my parents threw a barbecue that caused a swarm of relatives to descend on our garden. They patted me on the head, congratulated me

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