Ancient Relics (Shadow of the Ancients Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

time-frame.
    The revolutionary finding indicates that there must
have been a cooperative alignment at some point in history between both the
Drak and Tharisian civilizations.
    To find Drak and Tharisian artifacts together, and
with all clues pointing to the same period, Logan concluded that the two
civilizations might have had cooperative colonies in the Kishar region of the
galaxy long ago.
    “How long ago could this have been?” he thinks to
himself aloud.
    “What could have forced the two civilizations
apart?”
    He continues his endeavor to find answers, but only
more questions arise with each new clue he discovers.
    “Initial evidence indicates that these figures are
more than 100,000 years old,” he mumbles aloud to himself, “If these readings
are correct, then it opens a whole new doorway to the history of both Drak and
Tharisian people.”
    Up to now, there have been no indications that there
has ever been an alignment between the Drak and Tharisian cultures to any
degree. Furthermore, there have never been any evidence that the Drak culture
and any Alliance culture have even met prior to the first contact event more
than 10,000 year ago.
    As the missing puzzle pieces start to slip into
place, Logan has an epiphany, “The Drak and Tharisian civilizations must have
started on the same home world!”
    This realization sheds a completely new light on the
origins of known life in the galaxy.
    If the Drak and Tharisian people both came from the
same planet of origin, the two races must have genetic links somehow.
    “But what planet could they come from?” he continues
to talk to himself.
    Logan pulls out his DataCom and opens a file showing
crudely drawn maps of known star systems in the Kishar Expanse.
    As he zooms through system maps, he diligently
examines each prospective system for hints of dual colonization.
    “This requires further study on site,” he says,
continuing to speak his thoughts aloud.
    Just then, Paige walks in.
    “What needs further study?” she asks.
    Logan turns, startled at the sound of a new voice in
the room.
    “Ah! Come here!” he energetically directs Paige to
come see the new artifacts they received.
    Paige quickly walks to his location at the large,
marble-topped workbench where the artifacts lay strewn intermingled with data
pads, halo-lit magnifying lenses, and hand tools.
    Drawers and cabinets line the underside of the
workbench to hold and organize tools, hand-held DataComs, and other devices and
parts used for their studies.
    “What’s this,” Paige inquires with heightened
curiosity.
    “A gift from our fine friends at the Intelligence
Directorate,” he replies.
    “Is it a ‘thank you for not pressing charges’ gift
or a ‘sorry for shooting you’ gift?” Paige asks while chuckling at their
previous close encounter with death, due in part to the Alliance military.
    With her attempt at humor completely obscured from
his fascination of the artifacts, Logan explains the circumstances leading to
his frolic through theoretical history.
    “And that led me to believe that both civilizations
may have been a part of a single, larger, civilization at some point more than
100,000 years ago,” he concludes.
    Just as Logan finishes his ranting thesis, a signal
from the scanner he is using to map the statuettes rings out, letting him know
his scan is complete.
    Logan stands from his seat at the table and quickly
walks to the scanner, almost tripping over the stool he was perched.
    “Ah! It’s complete,” he blurts out in joyous anticipation.
    Examining the readout on the monitor, his mouth
drops open wide.
    “Huh? This can’t be,” he shouts with puzzled
surprise.
    “According to these readings, these artifacts are
close to half a billion years old!” he exclaims.
    Paige looks over Logan’s shoulder, examining the
readout for clues as to why the results are so surprising.
    After she examines the readout, she looks over to
the artifacts laid out across the table.
    One