The radio operator rubbed his face after calling for the submersible. He breathed out heavily in an obvious state of despair. The radio static he had now become accustomed to filled the small room again.
Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, the static broke and the calm voice of Sophie came through.
"This is the Oceana. We read you Pacifica."
The radio operator pushed his chair back and jumped up in shock. He then ran towards the bridge as he yelled out with excitement.
"Captain, Captain! They're alive!"
The End
Thank you for reading Where the Strangers Live. We hope you enjoyed it. You may also enjoy other Oliver Phipps books. As a convenience, we’ve listed some here. For more up to date information please check out all of Oliver Phipps’ books online.
Twelve Minutes till Midnight
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSAM0RO
A man catches a ride on a dusty Louisiana road only to find out he’s traveling with notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.
The suspense is nonstop as confrontation settles in between a man determined to stand on truth and an outlaw determined to dislocate him from it.
If your life is subject to living a lie rather than holding to the truth, which would you do?
“Twelve Minutes till Midnight will take you on an unforgettable ride.”
Tears of Abandon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K3RZJ0G
Several college friends start planning a two week kayak trip down an Alaskan river in late summer of 1992. Soon there are five young people headed to Alaska for a river expedition.
As the trip unfolds and the group gets farther into the wilderness a strange whispering sound attracts their attention. The wonderful vacation begins to take a turn for the worse when they follow the sounds and find something long lost and quiet unexpected.
This thrilling story from the author of The House on Cooper Lane and Twelve Minutes till Midnight has it all, Alaska, ghosts and gold.
Bane of the Innocent
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KWK7E1Q
"There's no reason for them to shoot us; we ain't anyone" - Sammy, Bane of the Innocent.
Two young boys become unlikely companions during the fall of Atlanta. Sammy and Ben somehow find themselves, and each other, in the rapidly changing and chaotic environment of the war torn Georgia City.
As the siege ends and the fall begins in late August and early September of 1864 the Confederate troops begin to move out and Union forces cautiously move into the city. Ben and Sammy simply struggle to survive, but in the process they develop a friendship that will prove more important than either one could imagine.
A Tempest Soul
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MJDZQWI
Seventeen year old Gina Falcone has been alone for much of her young life. Her father passed away while she was young. Her un-affectionate mother eventually leaves her to care for herself when she is only thirteen.
Though her epic journey begins by an almost deadly mistake, Gina will find many of her hearts desires in the most unlikely of places. The loss of everything is the catalyst that brings her to an unimagined level of accomplishment in her life.
Yet Gina soon realizes it is the same events that brought her success that may also bring everything crashing down around her. The new life she has built soon beckons for something she left behind. Now the new woman must find a way to dance through a life she could have never dreamed of.
Diver Creed Station
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LY58NWM
Wars, disease and a massive collapse of civilization have ravaged the human race of a hundred years in the future. Finally in the late twenty- second century, mankind slowly begins to struggle back from the edge of extinction.
When a huge “virtual life” facility is restored from a hibernation type of storage and slowly brought back online, a new hope materializes.
Fragments of humanity begin to move into the remnants of Denver and the Virtua-Gauge facilities, which offer seven days of virtual leisure for seven days work in this new and growing social structure.
Most inhabitants of this new lifestyle begin to hate the real world and work for the seven day period inside the virtual pods. It’s the variety of luxury role play inside the virtual zone that supply’s the incentive needed to work hard for seven days in the real world.
In this new social structure a man can work for seven days in a food dispersal unit and earn seven days as a twenty first century software billionaire in the virtual zone. As time goes by and more of the virtual pods are brought back online life appears to be getting better.
Rizette and her husband Oray are young technicians that settle into their still new marriage as the virtual facilities expand and thrive.
Oray has recently attained the level of a Class A Diver and enjoys his job. The Divers are skilled technicians that perform critical repairs to the complex system, from inside the virtual zone.
His title of Diver originates from often working in the secure "lower levels" of the system. These lower level areas are the dividing space between the real world and the world of the virtual zone. When the facility was built, the original designers intentionally placed this buffer zone in the system to avoid threats from non-living virtual personnel.
As Oray becomes more experienced in his elite technical position as a Diver, he is approached by his virtual assistant and forced to make a difficult decision. Oray's decision triggers events that soon pull him and his wife Rizette into a deadly quest for survival.
The stage becomes a massive and complex maze of virtual world sequences as escape or entrapment hang on precious threads of information.
System ghosts from the distant past intermingle with mysterious factions that have thrown Oray and Rizette into a cyberspace trap with little hope for survival.
The House on Cooper Lane
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCFS9ZC
It’s 1984 and all Bud Fisher wants to do is find a place to live in Madison Louisiana. With his dog Badger, they come across a beautiful old mansion that was converted into apartments.
Something should have felt odd when he found out nobody lived in any of the apartments. To make matters worse, the owner is reluctant to let him rent one. Eventually he negotiates an apartment in the historic old house, but soon finds out that he’s not quite as alone as he thought. What ghostly secret has the owner failed to share?
It’s up to Bud to unravel the mysteries of the upstairs apartments, but is he really ready to find out the truth?
Ghosts of Company K
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IE4QM7O
Tag along with young Bud Fisher during his daily adventures in this ghostly tale based on actual events. It’s 1971 and Bud and his family move into an old house in Northern Arkansas. Bud soon discovers they live not far from a very interesting cave as well as a historic Civil War battle site. As odd things start to happen, Bud tries to solve the mysteries. But soon the entire family experiences a haunting situation.
If you enjoy ghost tales based on true events then you’ll enjoy Ghosts of Company K. This heartwarming story brings the reader into the life and experiences of a young boy growing up in the early 1970s. Seen through innocent and unsuspecting eyes, Ghosts of Company K reveals a haunting tale from the often unseen perspective of a young boy.
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