
by CameronHume
The 6th Mass Extinction Every 12,000 years, humanity resets. No one remembers. No one survives. Until now. Doug Weapon was never supposed to matter. A municipal roads worker obsessed with ancient history, conspiracy theories, and the feeling that something about the world isn’t right, Doug spends his days chasing fragments of truth nobody else seems to notice. Then an impossible discovery changes everything. Buried beneath the oceans and hidden behind thousands of years of manufactured history, an ancient system is beginning to wake. The truth? Mass extinctions aren’t natural. They’re scheduled. And this cycle… is breaking. As governments, secret factions, and unseen forces scramble to contain the impossible, reality itself begins to fracture. Temporal anomalies spread. Civilization starts to destabilize. And somewhere beneath the Atlantic… A gate is beginning to hum. Volume 1: The Sixth Mass Extinction is now available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback editions. https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B0H3FTCTHG Volume 2: Ripples in the Lattice continues here on Royal Road, Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. EDT. What to Expect: • Progression elements without the clichés• Ancient mysteries & lost civilizations• Hidden factions & slow-burn revelations• Cosmic horror beneath historical conspiracy• A grounded protagonist thrown into an ungrounded situation
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| 1 | Prologue: The Final Night of Atlantis | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 2: The Book | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 3: The Orbit | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 4: The Blackwood Archive | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 5: Threading the Past | 0 |
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| Chapter 6: The Attic Scholar |
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| 7 | Chapter 7: Sediment | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 8: Lines of Inquiry | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 9: Down the Rabbit Hole | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 10: Order in the Noise | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 11: Whispers of the Past | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 12: Whispers in the current | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 13: The Weight of Names | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 14: Breadcrumbs | 0 |
| 15 | Interlude: The fourth Silence | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 15: The Road, the Ice, and the Weight of it All | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 16: The Nuggets of Wisdom | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 17: NOAA investigates | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 18: Old Stones | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 19: Horizons | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 20: After the door closed | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21: The Weight of the Morning | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22: An Assignment on Location | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 23: The Gate | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24: The Shape of the Pattern | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25: The Stakes Rise | 0 |
| 27 | Interlude: Troy | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 26: The Weight of Memory | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 27: NOAA | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 28: The name within names | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 29: The Quiet Custodians | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 30: A Pattern to Ruin | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 31: Caretakers | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 32: The Authority of Reason | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 33: Crossing the Threshold | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 1: The Equinox | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 34: The Space Between Worlds | 0 |
| 38 | Interlude: Ephraim's Pageant | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 35: Nassau | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 36: Observations of the Order | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 37: Patterns in the Ocean | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 38: The Argus | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 39: Resonance | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 40: Three sides of a coin | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 41: The Vibrations of Time | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 42: Knots in the system | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 43: Repetive Behavior | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 44: A Dossier Developed | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 45: An Unwanted Conversation | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 46: The Third Day | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 47: The Riptide Waits | 0 |
| 52 | Interlude: What Happens in Troy | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 48: Aboard the Riptide | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 49: The Second Descent | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 50: Orders | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 51: The Old Ghost of Troy | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 52: The Language of the Gate | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 53: A Night in Nassau | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 54: The Sundering | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 55: Signals in the Noise | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 56: The Cracks of Reality | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 57: The Inevitable Push | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 58: The Watcher's Problem | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 59: Nigel | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 60: Convergance | 0 |
| 66 | Interlude: The Crown of the World | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 61: The Ascent | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 62: Still Sealed | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 63: Survivors | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 64: The Observer | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 65: Doug's Choice | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 66: The Hampstead Hotel | 0 |
| 73 | Epilogue | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 67: A Steep Curve | 0 |
| 75 | 68: Whiskey and Tiramisu | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 69: Inheritance | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 70: False Returns | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 71: The More things Change | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 72: Out of Phase | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 73: 90 Seconds | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 74: When World's Colide | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 75: Beyond Time | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 76: Containment | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 77: Weather Pattern | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 78: Familiar Shape | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 79: Pressure Point | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 80: The Gathering Storm | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 81: Geometric Atmospheric Event | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 82: A Table for Seven | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 83: The horrifying Truth | 0 |
| 91 | Recap | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 84: Reconcilable Differences | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 85: Decentralized Stability | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 86: The Observer | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 87: Reset Protocols | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 88: Recruitment | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 89: Annoying | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 90: Reset | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 91: The Hampstead Remembers | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 92: Departures | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 93: Blorze | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 94: Troy | 0 |