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Cave [Kindle Edition]

Ali Cooper
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Marty is trapped down a cave beneath the Welsh mountains. Will his life begin at forty – or will it end?

Newly single and reunited with old friends from university, Marty finds life is no longer as idyllic as his memories of hot summers, music festivals and recreational drugs. He is persuaded to resume his hobby of caving, and, while twisted relationships play out on the surface, he descends into the strange and beautiful world of caverns and stalactites, where ghosts from the past are waiting to haunt him. But the others have secrets too - and as they are revealed, Marty unknowingly walks into danger.

Cave is a coming of age adventure, spanning twenty years of friendships and relationships. Set in Wales at the turn of the millennium.

108K words.

Also by this author:
The Girl on the Swing
The Cat and the Cathedral
Bloody Scared
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From the Publisher

The second novel by this author, Cave superimposes a tale of complex relationships over one man's struggle to escape from a very real and physical cave. A gripping story and a virtual trip into the underworld.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 517 KB
  • Print Length: 320 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Standing Stone Press (7 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004VSYRUG
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #131,830 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One I recommend 22 April 2011
By Scorpio
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having really enjoyed A Girl on the Swing I lost no time in downloading the latest from Ali. I was not dissapointed with it and truly enjoyed it as much as G on a S. Try the sample and then buy, it you will be glad you did. I will also buy the next when it comes out.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cave 24 April 2011
By S Riaz HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Martin Wright has split up with his wife, Carole (or, rather, she has split up with him). When he moves out of the house, temporarily he hopes, he feels depressed and confused. The friend he moves in with also finds him annoying company and suggests he gets out and about more, leading Martin to get back in touch with his friends from University days - friends he used to go caving with. He has since given up the hobby, but when he meets up with Rick and Joe in the pub they used to frequent (the others were Fish and Taff), he finds that they are still involved in the hobby and mysteriously tell him that they need his help. The book actually begins with Martin falling, as someone pulls the ladder from his grasp while he is climbing to the entrance of the cave, and the words "Die Happy!" The rest of the book explains how he came to be there, why someone wants to see him dead and how he attempts not to see their wish fulfilled.

The kindle has created a lot of indie authors. As far as I can tell, these authors exist on a kind of spectrum. At one end are the vanity publishers and at the other end are authors who should be published, no matter in what form, because they are good writers, their books are professional, well written and deserve to be read. I would put Ali Cooper very firmly at the top end of this spectrum - this is a great story and, as a reader, that is all that interests me. The book is well edited, without typos and the story is atmospheric, with characters you care about. I have never been caving, but Ali Cooper evokes a real sense of how it would feel, what the dangers are and what Marty is facing far below the ground. Highly recommended and a really enjoyable read. All Martin has to do is survive, but that is easier said that done... I'm glad I gave this book a try and would certainly read future books by this author.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Ali Cooper book 30 April 2011
By TopCat TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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Ali Cooper's first novel, The Girl on the Swing, was one of the first books I read on my kindle and it was great. When I heard her second novel was out I downloaded it straight away.

Cave is Marty's story, told in the first person. Marty is stuck in a Welsh cave after someone has tried to kill him. He details his attempts to survive and escape from this potential tomb, and tells the reader the story that has brought him to this point. Marty started caving at uni and was part of a tight group. Meeting Carole and getting married ultimately brought his caving expeditions to an end, but when they undertake a trial separation Marty meets up with the gang again for this first time in ten years. He is re-bitten by the caving bug and drawn back into the group, which includes his first love Beth.

I loved the way the book started with Marty's current predicament and wove together recent events and the group's history to finally reveal at the end how it was all inter-linked. I couldn't imagine any of the characters being the culprit so I was hooked and couldn't wait to see whodunnit. Towards the end of the book there are a lot of revelations that make things clear.

I found it interesting that Marty comes across as pretty likeable, although a bit of a lad. Then late in the book he is subjected to a bit of a character assassination from one of his friends which cast him in a different light. I was still rooting for him though. As it is all told from his viewpoint the other characters are developed to the best extent possible without Marty being omniscient.

I have never been caving, but this book made me want to give it a try and made me realise I probably wouldn't be very good at it - not keen on the idea of tight crawls at all. To help the non-caver the author has put a definition of various caving terms at the start of each chapter, usually in relation to a new term that appears for the first time in that chapter. I thought it was a really good way of putting in a glossary without the reader needing to go backwards and forwards to an actual glossary, and while I'd have understood some of the terms in context others wouldn't have been so obvious.

This book has been well written and proofread, and if I was trying to be critical I would say that the very end, an epilogue of sorts, maybe wasn't necessary. I might have been happy without that and left to surmise for myself what might have happened next. That said, if it hadn't been included I would probably have wanted an epilogue to find out what happened next, so this is just being picky. I loved this book, the setting, the characters and the tension throughout. In a way it's another example in my recent run of bloke lit. The description says it's a coming of age story, the age being 40, but it's a whole lot more too. It's another great read by Ali Cooper.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from my past
Absolutely loved this book as it took me back in time to my twenty's (now 43) when I used to go caving in the same area of South Wales as Ali is describing in her book, don't live... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Phil R
5.0 out of 5 stars Cave book review
I have just enjoyed another book by Ali Cooper.Cave was quite different from 'A girl on the Swing',it certainly brought to life some of the magic of the underground world. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Tim Devon
5.0 out of 5 stars A real surprise! Great book
I wasn't expecting to like this book because it revolves around caving - I tried caving once and didn't much like it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by R. Sivier
5.0 out of 5 stars Cave by Ali Cooper
This is a novel about caving. Marty, the narrator, finds himself trapped alone in a cave with his entrance route cut off and a death threat ringing in his ears. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Annette White
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story but not exciting enough for me
Having read the other reviews, I wonder if I missed something. I have to say I adored "Girl on a Swing" but was somewhat disappointed with "Cave". Read more
Published 18 months ago by L. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Cave: The Low Down
Cave is about Marty. Marty is a bit of an idiot. What's more if he isn't careful he's going to be a dead idiot. Read more
Published 20 months ago by M. T. McGuire
5.0 out of 5 stars First Class Read
Ali Cooper has written an excellent novel. Her style is smooth and easy, her characters are very real and she is utterly comfortable with her subject. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mira Kolar-Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Another quality product from Ali Cooper.
Firstly, a disclaimer; I have chatted to Ali Cooper on the forums. That has not affected my opinion of her book in any way but if you feel it invalidates my review, feel free to... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. A. Clement
5.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner
This is the first novel I've read on my kindle, and it was a real pleasure. The writing is fluid, well edited and properly formatted. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ghost
5.0 out of 5 stars made me late for work!
I really enjoyed this book and frankly,apart from a rather hasty ending, I found it hard to fault. Despite my innate pickiness, to give less than five stars would seem churlish. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Moominmamma
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