The Cost of Ambition
Lucifer, the fallen angel, reveals his role as the prime deceiver. He planted the seed of curiosity in Adam and watched as mankind’s hunger for knowledge and power led them to the brink of annihilation. Lucifer now manipulates events to ensure the destruction that will follow Mesopotamia and Egypt’s first strike, savoring the chaos and hoping to compel God’s attention once more.
This chapter details Egypt and Mesopotamia’s secret preparations, their construction of subterranean catapults and other primitive methods of delivering atomic weapons, and their drive to dominate. Further, it describes how Israel, the Greek Speaking World and Ancient India are compelled to enter the nuclear fray because of alliance treaties and other reasons.
First StrikeDespite the summit, Mesopotamia and Egypt contemplate a preemptive nuclear strike against other ancient powers. But in their mutual mistrust, plot against each...
The Sands Which Bear Witness The story opens with a faceless, nameless archaeologist, a representative of the collective knowledge-seekers of the modern world, discovering...
Creating History In the aftermath of the ancient nuclear catastrophe, the modern-day archaeologist reflects on the possible role they have played in entangling the...