{"id":10,"date":"2025-06-28T04:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T03:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bruceryba.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-06-28T04:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T03:14:50","slug":"lake-33-killing-relic-a-weldon-spring-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bruceryba.com\/index.php\/lake-33-killing-relic-a-weldon-spring-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake 33 Killing Relic. A Weldon Spring Story."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A little PTSD, a little LSD, a haunted cave with radioactive waste. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/bruceryba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bookcover2025TEST.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruceryba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bookcover2025TEST.jpg 465w, https:\/\/bruceryba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bookcover2025TEST-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Missouri, Weldon Spring: A veteran just out of prison for meth gets a job at the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center &amp; radiation containment dome. So begins the odyssey to return home through a land ravaged by cancer, radioactive springs, and riddled with EPA Superfund Sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Near Lake 33 in August A. Busch Wildlife Area, a high school friend searching for native American artifacts to sell, discovers a hidden cave with radioactive waste from the Manhattan project.<br>The cave may just be haunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities and collectors scramble to locate a priceless Native American artifact as terrorists set off a dirty bomb at a burning St. Louis landfill in an attempt to spread radioactive fallout and force the evacuation of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All signs point to a USAF veteran trying to get home after years of war and time in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The burning West lake land fill in North St. Louis county, is bombed by eco-terrorists and authorities desperate to stop another bombing, turn their investigation skills on the newly released veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kayakingksc.com\/Lake-33-Killing-Relic.html\" title=\"Get Book \">Get Book <\/a>                       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kayakingksc.com\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little PTSD, a little LSD, a haunted cave with radioactive waste. 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