Ancient Future Wayne Chandler ((exclusive)) -

He placed a weathered, leather-bound journal on a natural stone pedestal. The journal was Wayne Chandler’s—the late, controversial scholar who had vanished in the Tassili n’Ajjer mountains of Algeria forty years ago. The pages were filled not with dates and dynasties, but with star charts and chemical formulas.

Or she could step into the light.

Elara looked at her satellite phone. One bar of signal. She could call the surface, report a discovery that would shatter every history book, trigger a geopolitical frenzy, and probably get them both shot by a covert agency within the hour. ancient future wayne chandler

The obsidian chip pulsed. The shaft of light stabilized, forming a bridge of pure potential. He placed a weathered, leather-bound journal on a

The man who had forced her to come here was named Kwame Asante. He was not an archaeologist. He was a griot , a living library of the Mande people of West Africa. He was also, Elara was learning, a heretic. Or she could step into the light