Black diamonds

Description:

<p><i>The Child of the Cavern </i> follows engineer James Starr as he receives a letter from an old friend and co-worker, Simon Ford, requesting that he revisit a depleted coal mine in Scotland that he used to manage. Upon arriving, Starr finds the entire Ford family living in the mine, and Ford explains that a new coal vein has been located. Soon after Starr’s return, however, strange events start to occur, which seem to be supernatural. After a startling discovery, the characters continue to investigate these occurrences over the course of several years.</p>

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Coal mines and mining -- Fiction,  Scotland -- Fiction,  Adventure stories,  Fantasy fiction, French,  Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction,  Imaginary places