Dive Into the Abyss... If You Dare.The oceans remember. And lately, they churn with a fever humanity ignores at its peril. Sea levels aren't just rising; they're swelling with unnatural speed, reclaiming coastlines, threatening the glittering, high-tech barriers of cities like New Harbor with relentless, inexplicable force. For Dr. Maya Chen, a brilliant but haunted marine biologist stationed at the edge of the drowning world, the data screams anomaly - bizarre thermal blooms, impossible energy signatures pulsing from the abyssal dark, and fleeting glimpses of crimson bioluminescence unlike anything known to science.Compelled by a fierce curiosity that blurs the line with recklessness, Maya descends into the crushing pressure of the deep. She seeks scientific explanation but discovers a reality ripped from the pages of forgotten myths. Dragged by an unseen current into a hidden realm of cyclopean structures and impossible geometry, she breaches the threshold of Lemuria - a civilization thought lost to legend, thriving in breathtaking, bio-integrated splendor beneath the waves.For millennia, the Lemurians have guarded their isolation, descendants of an ancient catastrophe, masters of technologies that harness the planet's deepest energies. They wield the power to calm the tides or unleash unimaginable destruction, manipulating the very currents that now threaten the surface. Maya's arrival shatters their secrecy, marking her as both marvel and contamination.She finds herself caught in a deadly confluence: Above: Shadowy government agents, led by the calculating Agent Sterling, hunt the source of the deep-water anomalies, sensing power to be controlled. A ruthless private consortium, fronted by Maya's own ambitious colleague, Dr. Ben Carter, plots to seize Lemurian technology for its own ends, believing the drowning world needs saviors, not secrets.Below: Within Lemuria, Maya's presence ignites ancient fears. She encounters Kaius, a formidable guardian torn between duty to his hidden world and a growing, forbidden connection to the intruder. Militant factions, led by the ruthless Commander Vorlag, see Maya as proof of surface aggression and advocate for a pre-emptive strike, using their awesome climate-control technology to accelerate the flooding and reclaim the planet.As Maya navigates treacherous alliances and stunning betrayals, she becomes the unwilling fulcrum between two worlds spiraling towards conflict. A strange resonance with an ancient Lemurian artifact hints at a deeper connection, a destiny she never sought. When Vorlag engineers a monstrous hypercane aimed directly at New Harbor, Maya must choose. Can she unravel the secrets of the artifact, stop the escalating conflict, and forge a path to survival for both the drowning surface and the hidden deep? Or will her discovery unleash the very cataclysm Lemuria has hidden from for thousands of years?Tides of the Forgotten plunges you into a breathtaking, suspense-fueled journey where the wonders of a lost world collide with the desperation of a drowning one, where ancient power meets cutting-edge conspiracy, and where the deepest secrets lie not just in the abyss, but within the human heart itself. Prepare for a story of impossible choices, epic scale, and the devastating beauty of worlds unknown.