title: Martin Swans Diary: Black Water Crossing
author:  Kyle Keyes 
description: Kyle Keyes other books include The Pandarus File and Quantum Roots, both of which have earned Five Star Reviews. These works can be found in the Amazon bookstore under Kyle Keys.com.
zlib_text: PATRICK CARMAN
  
  For Cassie and Sierra.
  Keep the lights on.
  
  CONTENTS
  TITLE PAGE
  DEDICATION
  AERIAL VIEW OF FORT EDEN
  ARRIVAL
  THE DAYS OF OUR CAPTIVITY
  BEN
  KATE
  CONNOR AND ALEX
  MARISA
  WILL
  AVERY
  RAINSFORD
  OBSERVATIONS
  EXCERPT FROM DARK EDEN 2: EVE OF DESTRUCTION
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  BACK AD
  CREDITS
  COPYRIGHT
  ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
  
  AERIAL VIEW OF FORT EDEN
  
  ARRIVAL
  
  Why are you hiding in this room all alone?
  There will be no shortage of questions about Fort Eden, the seven,
  Rainsford, Davis, Mrs. Goring, the program. But the first question, the one
  that will set all things in motion, will be a simple one. It will be asked when
  they find me.
  We asked you a question, Will. Why are you hiding in this room all
  alone?
  I’ve thought about how I will answer. I won’t like being cornered. I
  won’t like seeing the door blocked by a person I will be forced to speak
  with. Better I have the answer memorized so they’ll let me out into the
  woods where I can run.
  Because I knew.
  That’s what I’ll say when they as