In a world where the sun is a myth, hope burns underground.
A science fiction novelette set in a diesel-punk subterranean world.
In the depths of the the earth the Geotheocracy rules. Heresy is punished by death and the surface is a myth, one deserter dares to seek the truth. Narkvosu, cast out and betrayed, must navigate collapsing tunnels, flooded shafts, and predatory horrors that hunt in the dark. Beneath the eternal stone, a forbidden journey begins… In the vast subteranean cities of the Geotheocracy, humanity has lived for millennia, ruled by faith in the eternal stone — the Lytheos. The surface world is forbidden, dismissed as heresy. But one man, Narkvosu, dares to question. Cast out as a deserter, betrayed by his closest ally, he must survive as his quest for truth takes him deeper into a world of hidden archives, heretical fables, and an ancient secret long buried the eternal rock.
