The Dark Rift

THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES… BETWEEN TRUTH AND MYTH… BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT… WILL BE REVEALED. Two hundred and fifty million years ago, an extinction-level event wiped out ninety-eight percent of life on Earth. Nobody ever suspected it was part of a cycle until now. The countdown to humanity's next evolutionary leap has begun, but history has a way of repeating itself, and this time it could mean the end of everything. When relic hunter Gabriel Parker and artifact historian Natasha Rossi come into possession of a mysterious prehistoric Cube, they find themselves entangled in a dark mythology reaching back to the roots of civilization. Throughout history, the long-lost Cube has been sought after by emperors, popes, and caliphs alike. Believed to be a container of forbidden knowledge, it is revered as a holy vessel capable of freeing humanity from the confines of mortality itself. Now that the Cube has been found, dark forces are surfacing to destroy it. They herald the return of an ancient entity that once reigned supreme in Earth's primordial past. Driven to enslave and corrupt, it will do anything to prevent humanity from uncovering the greatest secret ever entrusted to mankind. Armed with nothing but a tattered journal, Gabriel and Natasha race from Italy to Morocco, deciphering a trail of enigmas that leads from the Rock of Gibraltar to a mysterious archaeological site hidden deep in the mountains of northern Spain. There, a prehistoric labyrinth guards humanity's last hope. As natural disasters escalate and the planet descends into cataclysm, Gabriel and Natasha must unravel a mystery capable of ushering humanity into its next evolutionary leap. But a cosmic clock is ticking, and when it reaches zero, the world will either rise to a higher state of evolution, or regress into the darkness of its reptilian past. THE DARK RIFT is the first novel in The Last Artifact Trilogy, an epic archaeological technothriller that blends ancient civilizations, hidden history, mythology, conspiracy, science and the supernatural into a fast-paced adventure that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about humanity's past, its future, and the nature of reality itself. Approximately 67,000 words.