Real Cliffhangers: When All Hope is Gone

The word "cliffhangers" suggests something to do with mountain climbing. It comes from a fiction story in the early 1800s that ended with the protagonist hanging off a cliff. Readers were anxious to know what happened after that. They had to wait until the next edition came out. 1930's short movie serials used this tease of an ending to get fans back to learn if their Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers heroes made it or not. In 37,000 words Robert Burgess takes you through several real-life 'cliffhangers' in which you experience being faced with life-or-death decisions. They include having a man-eating shark size you up for a meal; being lost in an underwater cavern as your air runs out; getting caught on a no-equipment actual cliff-climb where you can't go up or down; then being buried alive where no one knows it except some scary night critters that plan to have you for lunch. Three other cave tales are too scary to describe but they will add some unbelievable surprise endings. Once you learn how people survived these deadly cliffhangers, you will be ready for anything!