Stranded Island - Before the Storm

They were hired to map the island. But the island was mapping them.Ethan Ward trades in hard data, satellite telemetry, and logic. When his team is contracted to survey a remote, uninhabited volcanic island, it's supposed to be a straightforward six-week job.But the jungle refuses to be measured.Equipment vanishes and reappears in impossible places. GPS coordinates lead into deadly ravines. And deep within the dense canopy, the team discovers fresh, intricate symbols carved into the trees—markers that predict lethal environmental hazards. Ethan insists there is a rational explanation, but as the island's topography seems to shift around them, his team's sanity begins to fray.They aren't just lost. They are being herded.When Ethan uncovers a massive, subterranean facility hidden beneath the rock, he realizes his team isn't there to work. They are the guinea pigs in a brutal, live-environment calibration... and the real experiment is about to begin.Before the Storm is the chilling prequel novella to Bruce Swain's Stranded Island series. Step into the maze and discover where the nightmare began.