The Silence Below

By John Castle

THE SILENCE BELOW

Five went down. Only one came up. But is he truly free?

It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. No maps. No trails. Just five friends pushing into the unknown, untethered by the world above. But when the earth swallows them whole, the rules of reality begin to break. Time dissolves. Trust shatters. And the cave itself seems to wake up-hungry, shifting, and alive.

Alex Thompson remembers the walls turning to meat. He remembers the voices of his dying friends blaming him for their fate. He remembers the cave letting him go.

But the doctors say it was trauma. The authorities say it was disorientation.

Now, sitting in the daylight, popping pills to keep the panic at bay, Alex hears the familiar scratch of whispers in his empty kitchen. The cave has followed him home.

A harrowing exploration of guilt and the disintegration of the self, The Silence Below blurs the line between supernatural survival and a mind collapsing under the weight of its own darkness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G57KB3DV
• ISBN13: 9798277364659
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"