The Last Climb: A Missoula Flood Short Story
Will he lead them to safety—or to their doom? In the fading days of the Ice Age, a monster is unleashed. The Last Climb is a pulse-pounding, bite-sized tale of survival based on one of history’s greatest floods.When young Chief Tupak feels the ground shake beneath his feet, he knows something is terribly wrong. The great river is not just rising—it's coming, a wall of water taller than the trees, faster than an arrow in flight. As an unstoppable deluge crashes toward his village, Tupak must make an impossible choice: follow the advice of the past or forge a new path before the water swallows them all.Inspired by real catastrophic geology, The Last Climb is a gripping survival story that echoes the legacy of the global flood. With the article What Was the Missoula Flood by Michael Oard, this snapshot of the apocalyptic disaster that shaped the landscape of the Pacific Northwest will be hard to forget. Read more