Dillon Hunt And The Desert Oasis Resort by Chad Stewart (books suggested by bill gates txt) 📕

The explosion ripped through the wall and into the hallway. Chunks of concrete and wood flew everywhere.

Kade was rocked backward by the blast as he neared the lab and hit the wall hard. The blow knocked the wind from him as he crumpled to the ground. His ears rang, his vision blurred, and he could smell smoke and saw the flicker of a fire down the hall across from where the lab was. Kade heard the alarms ring out and felt the cool spray of the sprinkler systems as they were activated from the heat of the fire. The downpour soaked his white lab coat in a matter of seconds.

He tried to get up, but the room tilted and whirled around him and his feet slid out from under him. His head hurt and the hallway spun. He tried to shake off the dizziness and, as his vision started to come around, he noticed a figure exit from the lab. The person was dressed all in black and Kade saw that he was coming his way; stepping over the rubble and nimbly working his way carefully down the hall. Kade tried again to rise, but he couldn’t. Pain throbbed in the back of his head and neck. It was no use; he