The Second Rising

When Dr. Lucius Nazar sequences genetic material recovered from an ancient relic, he makes a discovery that should be impossible.

Roughly ten percent of the genome has no terrestrial origin.

Even more disturbing, the same genetic sequences appear in ancient DNA samples recovered from every inhabited continent. Separated by thousands of miles and thousands of years, the evidence points toward a shared mystery buried deep in humanity's past.

But Nazar isn't the only one approaching the truth.

In Turin, a two-thousand-year-old relic disappears from a sealed display case. On a private island in the South Pacific, a dying billionaire has spent decades and a fortune building the only laboratory on Earth capable of attempting the impossible.

Inside the Vatican, an intelligence officer has spent four years preparing to betray the institution that created him.

And across the world, seven ancient documents describe the same encounter. The same visitors. The same seven events.

For thousands of years, the records have remained hidden.

In November 2024, that changes.

The Second Rising: Book One is a science-fiction conspiracy thriller exploring ancient civilizations, forbidden genetic research, religious secrets, and the unsettling possibility that humanity's origins are not what we've been taught.

Some discoveries don't just change history. They change what it means to be human.

For readers who enjoy the scientific mysteries and historical conspiracies of A. G. Riddle.