Antarctica: the Silent Lock: Volume VI: A Companion Tale to Ark of Custodians

The door knows their names. It also knows whom they miss.Beneath two kilometers of Antarctic ice, an impossible surface begins to open. The intelligence behind it has been waiting for linguist Maya Chen and physicist Elias Ward.Maya once tried to recreate her grandmother's voice. Elias has never stopped questioning the call he missed before his brother died. Beyond the threshold, something can reach those memories-and wear the faces of the people they lost.Inside waits an archive of vanished civilizations, evidence that challenges their understanding of faith and creation, and glimpses of futures humanity may still have the power to change.As agencies compete to control the discovery, twelve people enter a realm where distance, memory and certainty no longer obey familiar rules. Then an emergency calls them home. To return, they must resist the promise of one more answer-and trust the people standing beside them.Antarctica: The Silent Lock is an atmospheric science-fiction novel about first contact, grief, Christian faith and the responsibility that comes with extraordinary knowledge.Volume VI of Tales from Project Ark, this companion to Ark of the Custodians can also be read as a standalone novel.