They find a time capsule carrying with it the knowledge of the past, technology that allows them to rise above their meager existence. Within a few generations, they’ve built walled cities to protect them from predators they’d learned to fear, bustling commerce, and telecommunications capabilities that connect people and businesses.
They’ve also restored the means to make war. Two great factions control East and West, each preparing to fight while hoping war never comes. Humanity wouldn’t dare fight a great war so soon after nearing extinction.
But there are some who would prefer those astonishingly low population counts. And they’ll unleash a weapon unlike any other in human history to achieve those ends.
Five people with varying levels of knowledge and responsibility of those plans live their last normal day, unaware that they’ll be fighting for their lives against a weapon which cannot be stopped.
But somehow, they’ll all need to figure out how to survive the unleashing of… the Ravagers.
Alex Albrinck is a lifelong Ohio resident, where he lives with his wife and three children. When he's not trying to be in three places at once with his active youngsters, he's following local professional and collegiate sports teams, or possibly unscrambling a Rubik's Cube. In lieu of sleep, he writes fiction. You can learn more alexalbrinck.com.
His work includes the bestselling Aliomenti Saga, along with the apocalyptic thriller Ravagers series. He's also appeared twice in the acclaimed Future Chronicles short story anthologies, with stories in The A.I. Chronicles and The Dragon Chronicles.