Benjamin KingDay 44 — No Good Deed (Extra post)The gunshot rang out, echoing across the rainforest’s canopy. Streaks of colour exploded across the early evening sky as parrots, and…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 43 — The Curse of the Good Samaritan Pt 1There was no Hollywood-style explosion, no mushroom cloud of flame, no thunderous boom of igniting fuel tanks. Yet there was something…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 36: Wonderful ThingsThe explosion of dust and dirt dies down. “We’re through!” somebody calls out. I stand back, surrounded by equally dirt-smeared and…Feb 16, 2023Feb 16, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 29: Footsteps in the DarkI am frozen in a moment. Seized by dread. I hold my breath. I will my very heartbeat to cease and relieve the deafening pounding in my…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 22: Into the UnderworldThe darkness is suffocating. Thick. Oozing. Like a living entity clamping down around me, squeezing the air from my lungs. It is everywhere…Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 21: Decoding the UnderworldThe sweltering heat drops to an odd, unexpected chill. The relentless sun fades into shadow. The craziness of basecamp slows to an eerie…Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 20: Down to WorkAn endless ocean of green stretches before me, broken only by the snaking meanders of the Orinoco’s tributaries, including the so-called…Jan 31, 2023Jan 31, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 19: The Final FlightThe Huey swings low over the treetops, its downdraft blasting at the canopy of the Amazon rainforest. Sprawling for thousands of miles in…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 18: The Devil’s BloodRed mist plumes above the frothing cauldron as gallons of blood spew over the cliffs. The churning morass at the base of the cascade is…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Benjamin KingDay 17: Between Heaven and HellA voice rasps in the dark. A low whisper, its words barely discernible, lost beneath the grinding of bones and the wailing screams of the…Jan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023