The Coming Race
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
210 pages~4 hrs
“The future of humanity is rising from the depths.”
Deep beneath the Earth's crust lies an ancient, advanced civilization fueled by a mysterious and terrifying energy known as Vril. As a lone explorer navigates this subterranean utopia, he realizes that their superior intellect and god-like powers may signal the inevitable end of the human race.
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