The Ninth Layer

It was supposed to be extra credit...

It became a descent into hell.

In the spring of 2002, Alex joins a small group of classmates on a geology research trip into the caves beneath Pendleton University. It's meant to be simple. Controlled. Safe.

But the deeper they go, the more the cave begins to change.

The air hums.

The walls glow.

And the darkness feels alive.

When the lights fail and the exit disappears, panic sets in. Cut off from the surface, the students realize they aren't alone undergroun...