Discovery Trilogy

The myths have always been. They speak of an ancient people far advanced of where they are today. Yet, nothing has been, found to show the Ones Before had ever existed, or lived sometime in the deep past. Still, those in the present time had to come from somewhere, why not the Ones Before? Jllon, the Head Keeper of the Past, hoped to put these myths to rest. Yet, other leaders have tried to either prove or disprove their existence, to no avail. They only found artifacts and writings that were of their own known past. The Ones Before were like the dust in the wind, seemingly existing in their consciousness, but having no real substance, disappearing when the winds ceased. So how does one begin, and where does one go to search... that is the question isn't it? If the Ones Before existed then somewhere there has to be proof. After all, it is a mystery, that should be solved. And, with this push to map the major trails and remote villages, maybe that time is now.

With the discoveries in the desert, bringing exhilaration to the team, time is short. Summer will be, arriving and as such, it will be time to move onto the second suspected location of the elusive Ones Before. Still, what they've found here, will change their world forever. While the desert discoveries are important, critical really, they truthfully tell little about these ancient people, leaving too many unanswered questions. Yet, other problems arise leaving them with a dilemma as how to protect what they've uncovered, what has been discovered here. Time alone is the great destroyer attacking what has been, revealed. As they look to the future, and their discoveries from the past, and prepare to make this move, will what they've found here be the only proof or will this be the beginning of greater finds and answers to those many questions? Time, the great leveler and equalizer, is the only one who can answer, and time, at the present, is silent.

The world has gone to hell. It is a world where no one is guaranteed tomorrow, let alone today. Three generations in the past the earth came close to being destroyed leaving few alive. Now those few who are left wonder if the raiding armies of slavers, raiders, and the worst scum of the earth will drive them to extinction. Little survives to show the glory and advancements that defined the world. And what is left is being scavenged to the point that soon there will nothing left to show their past. One family, barely avoiding the fate of others, has found refuge and isolation in the desert. Yet, their peace will not last as the worst of these armies camp close to their hidden home. This army then begins searching the surrounding area. Can they avoid discovery? And if discovered all will be lost, as the men will be tortured and killed, the women raped, followed by the survivors and their children being sold into slavery – a fate far worse than death. And with fear and rising tensions their hope is to remain undiscovered. Since this other future is too terrible to contemplate.