Klickitat and other stories (K.A.O.S) features four thriller tales about ordinary mountaineers in the Pacific Northwest thrust into extraordinary circumstances. This debut collection from author Mark Jenkins folds modern day mountain climbing into the speculative wilderness of fantasy, sci-fi, and historical fiction.
In the 25th century, deep under the Earth’s shattered surface, the dying remnants of humankind live in a dwindling Colony devoid of Nature and only one can travel to the past to save humanity from its dark fate.
In 1969, Washington State geology student René Thompson pursues an independent study program that will set him on a path to climbing the world’s highest peaks. But, as he joins an expedition to summit Mount McKinley in Alaska, what he discovers on the mountain is beyond anything he imagined.