What Lies Below Christ the Redeemer

By R. T. Brown

A city asleep. A statue with a pulse. A serpent made of living fire.

Thirteen-year-old T o arrives in Rio and finds blueprints covered in strange sigils, a workshop that smells faintly of singed metal, and Christ the Redeemer humming in the night. With L cia and her cracked camera lens, he rides the last tram to the summit, just in time to see an orange flare burn behind the stone.

Cracks open. Heat breathes. Deep below, the legendary Boitat turns in its glass-scaled coil. T o's palm brands with light, the same seal his family used generations ago. To keep Rio from igniting, they have one chance: catch the first ray of dawn and relock the mountain before the voice in the stone says unbind me again.

For readers who love Goosebump-style chills with zero gore, big heart, and landmark mysteries. Standalone entry in Fright Sites. Click Look Inside and don't breathe when the mountain hums.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FYX384MB
• ISBN13: 9798272463517
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"