I can explore what happens when Alaric shares his discovery with the world or write a prequel about the Aethel's final days. Artifact by Gregory Benford - Goodreads
By morning, the message faded, and the cube returned to its silent, inert state. artifact
Professor Alaric Thorne had spent three decades unearthing lost relics, but he had never seen anything like the object sitting on his laboratory desk. It was pulled from a sealed, prehistoric chamber deep within a remote desert. Geologists dated the surrounding rock to over fifty million years old—long before humans ever walked the planet. Yet, its perfectly geometric edges and microscopic, etched circuit lines proved it was an advanced piece of technology. ⚡ The Awakening I can explore what happens when Alaric shares