Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
289
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
·
Various
122
She
manipulated
the
controls
once
more
and
there
was
a
quick
shift
to
another
coast,
a
rugged,
wave-beaten
shore.
Closer
they
drew
until
they
observed
a
lofty
palisade
that
extended
for
miles
along
the
barren
waterfront.
They
saw
a
fire
atop
this
elevation
and
active
men
and
women
at
various
tasks
within
the
narrow
circle
of
its
warmth.
A
cave
mouth
opened
at
the
brink
of
the
precipice
near
the
spot
they
occupied.
Then
came
a
repetition
of
the
upheaval
at
Trovus.
The
ocean
rushed
in
and
beat
against
the
cliff
with
such
ferocity
that
its
spray
was
tossed
hundreds
of
feet
in
the
air.
The
earth
shook
and
the
group
of
people
around
the
fire
made
a
hasty
retreat
to
the
mouth
of
the
cave.
The
sky
darkened
and
the
winds
howled
with
demoniac
fury.
Quake
after
quake
rent
the
rugged
cliffs:
huge
sections
toppled
into
the
angry
waters.
Then
a
great
tidal
wave
swept
in
and
covered
everything,
cliffs,
cave
mouths
and
all.
Nought
remained
where
they
had
been
but
the
seething
waters.
"But
some
escaped!"
exulted
Phaestra,
"and
these
discovered
Theros.
Though
many
miles
of
the
eastern
seaboard
of
your
United
States
were
submerged
and
the
coastline
entirely
altered,
these
few
were
saved.
Their
cave
connected
with
a
long
passage,
a
tunnel
that
led
into
the
bowels
of
the
earth.
With
the
outer
entrance
blocked
by
the
upheaval
they
had
no
alternative
save
to
continue
downward."
"They
traveled
for
days
and
days.
Some
were
overcome
by
hunger
and
fell
by
the
wayside.
The
most
hardy
survived
to
reach
Theros,
a
series
of
enormous
caverns
that
extends
for
hundreds
of
miles
under
the
surface
of
your
country.
Here
they
found
subterranean
lakes
of
pure
water;
forests,
game.
They
had
a
few
tools
and
weapons
and
they
established
themselves
in
this
underground
world.
From
that
small
beginning
came
this!"
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
