The Colony

By Tornadia Storm

Deep below the city, in the dark and quiet tunnels, lurked a danger. A danger no one knew that was there, a danger growing in both size and numbers.

As the residents of the city went on with their ordinary lives, this danger was hatching a plan, a plan deadly and beyond your worst nightmares, a plan that the residents weren’t ready for.

When the time was right, the plan would be put into action, and no one would be able to save themselves from the ever-growing army which was…

THE COLONY

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Sep 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9781398473867

Tornadia Storm

TORNADIA STORM IS A SINGLE PARENT WITH A TEENAGE SON. SHE WORKS PART TIME. SHE HAS LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE IN A QUIET VILLAGE ALL HER LIFE. HER LOVE OF WRITING WAS INSPIRED BY HER SON ENCOURAGING HER. SHE LIVES IN THE SAME HOME AS HER MOTHER AND SON WHO BOTH HAVE A LOVE FOR READING.

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About the Author

Tornadia Storm is a single parent with a teenage son. She works part time. She has lived in the same house in a quiet village all her life. Her love of writing was inspired by her son encouraging her. She lives in the same home as her mother and son who both have a love for reading.

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my son who has supported me and encouraged me to write. And to my friend Grant Robinson, who sadly didn’t get to see my books. R.I.P my friend.

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Tornadia Storm 2023

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Part I

The Colony

Beneath the hustle and bustle of the busy city lurked another world, a world that was dark, damp and just as chaotic as the world above. This world was full of darkness; the odd glimmer of light creating strange shadows of the occupants that lived there and twisting tunnels, some of which were narrower than others. The occupants of this labyrinthian world were RATS!

But these were no ordinary rats; they were larger and stronger than most other wild rats and that was because most of them had escaped from science laboratories where they were being experimented on. Most had a growth hormone injected into them to see how they would react. This story is the result of what happened to those rats who escaped and bred with the ones in the wild. The day started like any other, people rushing to and from work, shopping or just seeing the sights of the city. Down an alleyway, away from the heat of the sun the overflowing garbage bins were attracting some other city dwellers. But these city dwellers were not like the others, these were rats. Big, dirty, parasitical rats.

No one took any notice of the rats. They had always been there and people knew not to go down the alleys unless they had to as most of them led to the backs of restaurants and cafes, hence the overflowing bins containing the day’s leftovers and scraps. As the day wore