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The Carbon Age
Paperback
Publisher: Kali-Ann Warrington
Published: Mar 18 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the year 2242, humanity survives in the Labyrinth, a sprawling subterranean network built to escape the Great Blight-a self-inflicted ecological collapse that turned the surface into an ochre-skied wasteland. Under the rigid control of the Council, life is a cycle of rationing and recycled air, where the green world of the past is dismissed as a forbidden myth.
Elara, a young archivist dedicated to sifting through the digital ghosts of the pre-Blight era, discovers a cryptic data fragment that shatters the official narrative. The discovery suggests the truth about the planet's death was a deliberate cover-up designed to keep humanity entombed.
Joined by a small circle of rebels and dreamers, Elara must navigate a world of enforced ignorance and mechanical shadows to uncover the secrets of the founding of the Labyrinth. As they venture into the forbidden depths of history, they realize the greatest threat isn't the toxic atmosphere above, but the lies keeping them below. To reclaim a future in the sun, they must first survive the shadows of the Carbon Age.
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