Emergence

By Marian McConnell, 1999, 172 pages. Softcover. Published by Cave Books.

Emergence is the story of six women and a young girl who go on an overnight cave trip into Dragon's Den, a cave full of delicate formations, sinuous underground passages, and a 100-foot waterfall to a lower stream passage. Danielle and Nicole are the trip leaders. Accompanying them are Sydney, who is also an experienced caver; three who are going caving fro th efirst time; Gabby, photographer; Lynne, mother of three; Melissa, nature lover; and finally Kate, Danielle's daughter, a veteran cavers eight years old. After they drop the waterfall pit, three young men enter the cave and cause a rock slide that traps the women in the lower level of the cave. This fast moving story is about their struggle to escape the cave and to find themselves. The book is illustrated by the Author.