# The Awakening

Author: Sharkey, Jack, 1931-1992

Genre: Science Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50834

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Awakening+Sharkey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Rik's first impressions were an uncomfortable chill creeping along his bare flesh, and a bright milky swirling of light that encompassed his entire vision. He shivered and blinked his eyes a few times, and then the swirling settled down and became the vault. The chill, he realized, was due to the body warmth being methodically sucked away by the cold slab on which he lay. Another shiver brought a gasp of breath into his lungs, and then he was wide awake.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-awakening-50834/chapters/1/index.md)