Chapter One, Part One (Teaser)

Chapter 1
A thunderous crash shook the building as I dove under the
checkout desk. A last standing shelf crashed through the computer
next to me, narrowly missing my left hand. At long last the
rumbling stopped and I crawled out from the desk.
My foot kicked a copy of Where the Red Fern Grows across
the floor. I picked it up and mournfully stuck in my pack.
I climbed up onto the destroyed remains of the massive
skylight array. Mt. Rainier smoked in the distance. A flicker of
light caught my eye before all went black.

EDIT: THIS PASSAGE HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER TWO