The Hollow of Dawn Series

 The surface is lost. But life finds a way below.

When Arctic volcanoes unleash a methane cloud that blankets the earth, Ellie Carter turns to her late father’s maps—and leads a hundred chosen survivors into the depths of Ratliff Mine. At her side is ex-Colonel Hank Matthews, a man as steady as stone. Together, they guide their people into the unknown.

Beneath the earth, the caverns stretch wider and stranger than anyone imagined. Crystals breathe, creatures stir, and long-buried ecosystems pulse with quiet life. As Ellie heals the injured and Hank holds the community together, they discover more than survival—they find purpose, connection, and the first threads of something new.

But the underground is no empty refuge—it’s vibrant, vast, and older than memory.

In the ruins of the old world, they begin to build again—

in darkness, with light in their hands.