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The Desert Doorway: A Thriller
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Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 20 2025
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
They found something buried beneath the desert.
Now they have to make sure it never gets out.
When a remote excavation uncovers a perfectly formed stone doorway beneath shifting sand, Dr. Cat Alden expects a breakthrough.
What she finds is impossible.
The structure stands alone. No surrounding ruins. No internal chamber. No explanation for why it exists.
Just a sealed threshold cut into the earth... and something on the other side.
At first, the site behaves like a curiosity.
Instruments return inconsistent readings. Spatial measurements refuse to align. The environment around the doorway begins to shift in subtle, unnerving ways.
Then the changes accelerate.
The longer the doorway remains exposed, the more unstable the site becomes. Patterns emerge that no one can explain. Boundaries begin to weaken. And the team realizes they are no longer studying the doorway.
It is reacting to them.
With corporate pressure mounting and the excavation expanding beyond control, Cat is forced into a race against time. Because the evidence is becoming clear:
The doorway is not empty.
It is not dormant.
And it is not contained.
If the boundary fails, whatever exists beyond it will not remain isolated.
Perfect for readers who want:
- Supernatural thrillers grounded in scientific realism
- Containment horror with escalating tension
- Isolation settings where every decision matters
- Mysteries that become survival scenarios
- A slow burn that builds into high-stakes consequences
Some discoveries change history.
This one could erase it.
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