In the high-stakes world of modern archaeological adventure, Professor Sineus is the last guardian of a forgotten truth: memory is the fabric of reality. His quiet war, fought in secret laboratories and forgotten ruins, explodes when an artifact awakens, broadcasting a global countdown to the mythical island of Thule Ultima and the reality-altering Chronos Engine. The broadcast ignites a frantic, globe-trotting hunt. Sineus, pursued by an army of corporate mercenaries, must forge a fragile alliance with a deadly rival agent. Their journey to decipher lost languages takes them from the flooded depths of the Vatican to the frozen ruins of a Soviet weapons lab, all while the laws of physics unravel around them. At the heart of the island, Sineus confronts his nemesis and a horrifying choice. To protect the Engine, he can erase the entire cultural memory of an innocent nation. The alternative is to surrender the world to a man who would edit history into his own sterile vision, a price too high to pay. Guided by a simple brass compass, he must decide what history is worth when preservation itself demands such a terrible sacrifice. How do you save the world if it means unmaking a piece of it forever?
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In the high-stakes world of modern archaeological adventure, Professor Sineus is the last guardian of a forgotten truth: memory is the fabric of reality. His quiet war, fought in secret laboratories and forgotten ruins, explodes when an artifact awakens, broadcasting a global countdown to the mythical island of Thule Ultima and the reality-altering Chronos Engine. The broadcast ignites a frantic, globe-trotting hunt. Sineus, pursued by an army of corporate mercenaries, must forge a fragile alliance with a deadly rival agent. Their journey to decipher lost languages takes them from the flooded depths of the Vatican to the frozen ruins of a Soviet weapons lab, all while the laws of physics unravel around them. At the heart of the island, Sineus confronts his nemesis and a horrifying choice. To protect the Engine, he can erase the entire cultural memory of an innocent nation. The alternative is to surrender the world to a man who would edit history into his own sterile vision, a price too high to pay. Guided by a simple brass compass, he must decide what history is worth when preservation itself demands such a terrible sacrifice. How do you save the world if it means unmaking a piece of it forever?
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