Prologue
For every government that rises, one falls by the wayside. . .
There were many abandoned places scattered about New Earth. A few from the time when Ancient humans - numbering in the impossible billions - ruled the world. Those relics of another era gave glimpses of an opulent, less dangerous life.
A past long gone.
Since the Fall, New Earth was all about survival, and many failed in the harsh climate that emerged. Those that lived to count gray hairs had learned many valuable lessons. Never lower your guard. Never forget.
And another thing they learned young, recycle. Given the difficulties in building and the rarity of safe spots, new cities were often built with the stone of the old, meshed into a motley pattern held together with rebar and concrete. When complete, some co
