They found books on philosophy, learned advanced mathematics, and delved into several of the sciences. Then, one day, they came upon a small book that was hidden behind a row of others. The small book was covered in dust as it had not been moved in almost two hundred years.
The book, it seemed, had been passed down through generations of the same family that had all lived in this particular house. The book was a hand-written journal.
Soloman flipped through the pages and read a few of the entries. Afterwards, he turned to the back cover of the journal and there found the name of the man who had written the book.
He looked closer at the name to make sure he had not misread. He had not. The name inscribed on the back cover of the journal was Julius Babel – a man they only knew by the statue that occupied the center of the city.
The next day, they continued to dig through the home and found other interesting documents. The most intriguing of which was found hidden in a wall. A small vault was cleverly concealed, but time had caused the walls to settle and the edges of the vault facing were exposed.
Inside of the small vault were manuals detailing the makeup of the city, including blueprints. From the blueprints, they learned of a building that contained all of the data collected on the city. A computer there was designed to run for thousands of years without interruption. They imagined that the computer was still operational.
After a few days of study, they began to move out through the city to find this forgotten building, hoping to learn a little more of the history of their world and how they came to be there.
The manuals they poured over gave their city a name for the first time – Orleans. They learned how the city – their city – had been encapsulated and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Soloman also learned how the city could be returned to the surface.
For the first time, they considered if others still lived in the world above.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
American author Eric M. Black is an Amazon international bestseller from South Carolina whose works include the historical fantasy fiction novels THE BOOK OF JUBILEES, MORE ANGER THAN SORROW and CALLING BABEL. In 2005, Black released his collection of poetry, AN OLD MAN through America Star Books. Other works by Black include his writing collection, DARK THOUGH SUNRISE.
Black writes about serial killers, history the way it could be and uncomfortable events.
OTHER BOOKS BY ERIC M. BLACK
An Old Man
Calling Babel
Dark Thought Sunrise
Intensity
Jack
More Anger than Sorrow
The Book of Jubilees
The Fountain
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