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A century ago, the American Southwest was a region of savage natural beauty. There, the Navajo people worshipped the land, spinning folk tales into legends and prayers into songs. But besieged by US Army soldiers, the tribe was suddenly thrust into a battle that nearly destroyed the proudly woven fabric of its culture.

Lead Engineer Tara and her partner Sasha face the coming end of the facility generator. For generations It has served thousands of people who have been hiding underground from the ravages of the war, and the lingering Enemy above. Up and down the Grand Elevator, though the entire facility, every resident's life will be shaken when the generator sparks its last amp. The Great Actual, the anarchistic Citizens, and all of the regressed sub-societies in between will have to face the unknowns of the surface.

Ava Clayton is a pragmatic woman, fond of her lists. She is a retired English professor, a mildly intrusive mother to two grown children, and a mouthy wife to a beloved husband of fifty years. Known for her bracingly direct remarks, she is nonetheless speechless when her dead mother sits on the side of her bed one night and tells her when she is going to die—but not how.

One hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling travelled to India as a young journalist and wrote the fabulous stories of the Jungle Books about Mowgli, the jungle boy raised by a wolf pack, and his friends, Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the bear. Kipling’s original stories ended before Mowgli became of age, and generations of listeners have wondered what happened to Mowgli as he grew up. The Third Jungle Book is Mowgli’s continuing story.