
an ancient future
Release Date: Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
Pages: 324 pages
In 'An Ancient Future' by Grant Dyste, survivors of a lithium mining accident uncover an abandoned sub-terranean city that holds secrets of an advanced civilization, challenging humanity's understanding of technology and history.
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In the near future, all transportation has made the switch to electric. The Lithium mining industry has exploded as demand for Li batteries has reached an all-time high. In the harsh Afghanistan desert, an unprecedented collapse has occurred deep
within a lithium mine shaft. The cause of this accident is made clear to several survivors when they discover they've been
digging directly above a sub-terranean city! Herein lies the story of a struggle for survival versus the inadvertent findings
of an advanced civilization, which at once will change history as humankind knows it and potentially slingshot the present
state of human technology into a future beyond anyone's wildest imagination! What they discover is a labyrinth filled with
living spaces, control rooms and evidence of what appears to have been bio-genetic experimentation, along with advanced
means of environmental and life sustaining food & water sources. There is a sense of unease as a fantastic energy engulfs
the entirety of this place, yet the city is unoccupied. For some reason, the place has been abandoned, but why? The group
notably encounters some sort of advanced security measures in operation-the city itself is engaged in keeping
within a lithium mine shaft. The cause of this accident is made clear to several survivors when they discover they've been
digging directly above a sub-terranean city! Herein lies the story of a struggle for survival versus the inadvertent findings
of an advanced civilization, which at once will change history as humankind knows it and potentially slingshot the present
state of human technology into a future beyond anyone's wildest imagination! What they discover is a labyrinth filled with
living spaces, control rooms and evidence of what appears to have been bio-genetic experimentation, along with advanced
means of environmental and life sustaining food & water sources. There is a sense of unease as a fantastic energy engulfs
the entirety of this place, yet the city is unoccupied. For some reason, the place has been abandoned, but why? The group
notably encounters some sort of advanced security measures in operation-the city itself is engaged in keeping