Their world was dying. Ours was just beginning.
From the distant, fading light of Nibiru, the Anunnaki, a powerful and ancient race, face extinction. Their majestic planet, a jewel of technological mastery, crumbles as its atmosphere fails. Desperate, they embark on an audacious mission across the void: to the young, vibrant world of Ki-our Earth-a planet rich in the gold and exotic Aetherium needed to save their home.
Led by rivalrous princes-the brilliant scientist Enki and the stern commander Enlil-the Anunnaki arrive on a primordial Earth, teeming with life but untouched by civilization. Their quest to extract Earth's resources soon becomes a struggle for survival and control. The toil of their worker caste, the Igigi, breeds resentment and rebellion. To solve a labor crisis, Enki makes a fateful decision: to engineer a new race of laborers from Earth's own essence-humanity.
But this solution breeds new conflicts. As humans develop awareness and ambition, and as Anunnaki factions clash over the future of their mission and their new creations, the very gods find themselves ensnared in a web of intrigue, betrayal, and forbidden desire. Enlil's iron rule leads to catastrophic measures, culminating in a devastating flood that reshapes the planet and the destiny of all who inhabit it.
In the aftermath, the Anunnaki discover they are stranded, their path back to Nibiru lost. With their former commander exiled, a new order must rise from the mud and chaos. Humanity, though decimated, endures, carrying the spark of potential. But even as they struggle to rebuild, ancient powers stir in the depths, and new threats emerge from the shadows of a world broken and remade.
"The Architects of Dust" is the first book in an epic saga that blends ancient mythology with sprawling science fiction, chronicling the Anunnaki's desperate measures, the birth of humanity, and the epic conflicts that shaped our world's dawn. It is a story of gods and mortals, creation and destruction, and the enduring quest for survival against impossible odds.