When a Michigan construction crew breaks ground on a routine project, they stumble across something ancient, something impossible: a massive underground chamber forged from black obsidian and humming with unknown energy. Inside, a crystalline artifact pulses like a living heart—triggering a chain reaction that tears the boundaries of time wide open.
Joe Tillman and his team quickly find themselves entangled in a mystery older than civilization itself. As timelines fracture and reality warps, they must confront a chilling truth: this discovery was never meant to be unearthed… and something is watching from beyond the veil of time.
Blending blue-collar grit with mind-bending science fiction, Beneath the Layers of Time is a fast-paced, high-concept short novella that explores what happens when ordinary people come face-to-face with extraordinary technology—and the consequences of digging too deep.