Accord A Novella by Ian C. Mac In the quiet corridors of the UN Earth Systems Monitoring Centre, Dr. Callum Dreyer discovers an impossible truth: Earth is not humanity's world—it is a garden, tended by an ancient alien intelligence known only as the Accord. As the biosphere shifts without explanation and humanity's grip on its future falters, Callum is faced with a terrible choice: guide humanity into extinction or lead the survivors into a new, subservient form of life in a world that no longer belongs to mankind. A slow-burning, deeply human tale of quiet horror and cosmic inevitability in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke and Alan Dean Foster. No wars. No rebellion. Only the dreadful certainty of design.