



All four eventually divulge secrets, but the revelations are either anticlimactic or undeveloped tangents. From the beginning, it's obvious that no one (reader included) is going to have any fun David and Randy have uncontrollable tempers and are at each other's throats from the first scene, Terry whines that they should never have let a jerk like him come along, and Neil hides his claustrophobia behind a cold, silent facade. They don't know what they're doing-Terry doesn't even bring a flashlight-and are soon lost, with scant supplies and no idea what to do next. Off with his best friend, Randy, to explore a reported cave in the nearby national forest, Neil grudgingly allows his brother, David, and David's best friend, Terry, to tag along. But to escape, Neil and David are going to have to figure out a way to put the past behind them and work together.Four teenagers lost in a Florida cave for 24 hours spill their souls in this wordy, unevenly paced adventure. Hopelessly lost, angry, hungry, and terrified, the boys are willing to do just about anything to find a way out of the cave before they end up killing one another. As tension builds between the boys, Neil and David try to address what they've kept hidden for years: the truth about David that can never be forgotten-or forgiven. Neil knows it's not David's fault that they're lost, yet he still lashes out at his brother with every wrong turn, and Randy and David's constant bickering isn't helping to calm his nerves. What starts out as an exciting expedition soon turns dangerous when the four boys get lost in the cave's labyrinth of winding passages. But when Neil's little brother, David, finds out, Neil is forced to bring David and his timid friend Terry along for the ride. When four boys decide to spend the day exploring a cave, they have no idea that their fun afternoon is about to become a fight for survival Neil and his best friend, Randy, can't wait to explore a nearby cave for the afternoon.
