"Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point," said Scrooge, "answer me one question. Are these the shadows of things that Will be, or are they the shadows of things that May be, only?” -Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Lachlan Smith
has seen the future.
You’re not in it.
Locksmith
doesn’t
think of
himself as a hero. His father lived a heroic life, and died an even
more heroic death. Lock has no ambitions to do the first, and
absolutely refuses to do the second.
Fortunately, there’s Gary. He has conquered legions of the
undead, hordes of enemy aliens… wait, we’re not
counting video games? Crap. Guess he’s not much of a hero
either.
Then, one day, they discover a new world. It is a vast, steaming
jungle, full of ruins, devoid of all human habitation. It is a
dangerous world, with many predators, from giant dogs to swarms of
carnivorous rats. And the worst part is that it is our world, many
years from now, when Homo
sapiens is extinct.
Something terrible has happened — or rather, will happen. No
one knows what, or when, or how. Someone must find out — and
stop it from happening — before it is too late.
This is a job for heroes.
But we don’t have any on hand at the moment, so
we’ll have to make do with Lock and Gary.
The
Locksmith Trilogy
• Locksmith’s Closet
(More about Locksmith's
Closet
here.)
• Locksmith’s Journeys
• Locksmith’s War
I can be reached at lockswriter@gmail.com.