The Forgotten Land

Time is broken. Memory is a weapon. And one disgraced genius may be the world's only hope.

Dr. Elara Voss once challenged the foundations of history with her radical theory of time as a cyclical force. Laughed out of academia and exiled to obscurity, her theories become terrifyingly real when a mysterious obsidian tablet arrives-etched with her own signature from the 4th century.

What begins as a puzzling anomaly soon spirals into a high-stakes expedition across deserts, lost civilizations, and timelines themselves. Elara assembles a misfit team: a cynical linguist, a rogue AI hacker, and a hardened desert archaeologist. Their destination? Luxora-a forbidden desert where ancient technologies hum with impossible energy and mirrors reflect not just the past, but memories and possible futures.

Haunted by a faceless man, stalked by collapsing timelines, and hunted by militarized drones, the team uncovers The Chrono-City-a paradox-ridden ruin pulsing with the fractured heartbeat of time itself. As voices from the future bleed into the present, Elara must confront the possibility that she isn't just uncovering a mystery-she may be the key to preventing the collapse of time.

The Forgotten Land is a cerebral sci-fi thriller blending archaeological mystery, quantum time loops, and deep emotional resonance. For fans of Dark, Arrival, and The Expanse, this is a journey into the heart of memory, destiny, and the terrifying cost of knowing too much.