MIner Inconveniences

Deep underground, something screams back. When a North Idaho mine punches through to a hidden chamber, the night itself pours out—razor shrieks, slashing shadows, and a shape too big to be a bat. SHED's Monster Marshals—Agent Jim Underwood, the steady ex-cop with a secret he won't name, and Agent Aria Pierce, a former U.S. Marshal haunted by a tunnel that almost killed her—drop 5,900 feet to find answers, fast. What waits below isn't mindless. It's Ahool—cryptids out of Indonesian legend—fiercely territorial and terrifyingly smart. With corporate pressure mounting to reopen, miners bleeding, and tunnels closing in, Jim and Aria have hours to map a plan that saves both lives and livelihoods. Experimental gear hums, tempers flare, and every echo could be a wingbeat. Containment over conquest. Stewardship over spectacle. But one wrong move can bring the mountain down—or start a war in the dark. To walk out alive, they'll have to trust each other, outthink a predator that learns in real time, and choose what kind of Marshals they really are. Crave relentless, claustrophobic monster thrills with a sharp procedural edge? Read Miner Inconveniences: A Monster Marshals Story by Troy Lambert now.