Jeff Long has written a masterpiece of sci-fi in The Descent. All over the world people are getting hints that we are not alone on this planet. There is a vast system of caves running underground that are inhabited by human-like creatures. Somewhere along the evolutionary road, we turned one way and they the other.Of course, as soon as a new region is discovered anywhere, all governments want to be the first to get there and take it over. The US sends an exploratory army down to take a look. Unfortunately, their communication devices were not made to work through tons of rock. Scientific teams are sent to explore by bio-tech companies. And archaeologists can wait to enter the caves.
Are these creatures and humans compatible for a side-by-side existence? And what is making them begin to surface? What is driving them out of the only home they have known for centuries?
Long, Jeff. (1999). The descent. New York:Crown.
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