book cover of The Ruins: Humanity\'s Ending
 

The Ruins: Humanity's Ending

(2023)
A Novella by

 
 
This is a cautionary tale of Earth’s likely future as told through the eyes of alien spacefarers who are exploring the ruins humanity left behind and are trying - in vain - to understand why our species selected itself for extinction.

Kel-An, the leader of an expedition to Earth tasked with studying the history of its once-dominant species, describes the fall of humankind to the leader of his people as she accompanies him through the ruins of what was once a great city, but is now nothing but the concrete and steel bones of a dead civilization.

Genre: Science Fiction

Used availability for Michael R Hicks's The Ruins: Humanity's Ending


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors