In the not-too-distant future, Caleb Clarke is one of four graduate students to receive a study-abroad scholarship to the moon, where the Kubera Corporation mines the regolith for precious Helium-3 in the Chandra Facility.
It's supposed to be a corporate publicity stunt, but things start to go very wrong when Caleb discovers an unexplainable blue light near the top of a mountain at the lunar south pole, a discovery that will change his life, and history.
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The Latter Half of the Twenty-First Century:
Caleb Clarke had climbed mountains before, just never on the moon.
He fired another bolt into the rock face. If he lost his grip, they might save him from falling. He was almost there. The blue light above was blinding.
He looked down. They were far below him now, three black silhouettes barely visible in the lunar night, necks craned to watch Caleb ascend Mount Horeb, all of them jealous that he would be the first to see. Brick was belaying him, a job made much easier by the moon’s gravity.
Caleb took in a deep breath of stale, manufactured oxygen and pushed up with his legs until he could reach the ledge above.
Got it. He held tight while his feet searched for a higher toehold. One more push upwards and he’d be able to see over the ledge. To look into the light.
Anxious, he pushed.
Looking at it for the first time, he knew he would never understand.
Chapter 1
BABEL
“Who can scale the heavens?”
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Five Days Earlier
Caleb kicked at the sheets on his bed, annoyed at how tightly they were tucked under the mattress. He glanced at the bedside clock – 4:30 A.M. Trying to fall back asleep was useless...
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