Tom Kirby was chicken and everybody knew it. Billy MacPherson had made sure of that. A year has passed since Tom failed to pass the Cobras initiation – to make his way alone through the terrifying drainage tunnels cut into the Niagara Escarpment. Angry and friendless, he spends time wandering the region, trying to work up his courage. But when he makes friends with Andrew, another misfit, his summer takes an abrupt turn for the better. Despite the new friendship, Tom can’t escape the final test of bravery.

Hidden by the Niagara Escarpment woods, the gang has gathered for the final initiation. Any moment now, the runoff will come gushing through the Tunnel – and Andrew will be drowned!

“You save him! He’s your friend,” Billy taunts.

Blindly Tom runs into the Tunnel, fighting back his terror as the cold blackness closes around him…

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