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<p>[Premise: First contact between dragons and humans, taking place during the second industrial revolution]</p> <p>What if, billions of years ago, the Earth formed a little differently?</p> <p>A bit less iron, a bit more water, and the first humans evolve upon a lone island, surrounded by vast oceans that span 97% of the planet's surface.</p> <p>In the millennia that follow, mankind believes their island to be the only in existence – until the first satellites reveal the existence of two distant lands.</p> <p>Galvanized by this groundbreaking discovery, humanity sends its best and brightest on an expedition, only for a series of disasters to wipe out all but one of the crew. Now, Doctor Alexander Pryce has the honor of being the first – and only – man to step foot upon another continent.</p> <p>It came as no surprise that his arrival drew the attention of the island's native inhabitants – Pryce just didn't expect one of them to be an inquisitive and intelligent dragon.</p> <p>Stranded but not quite alone, Pryce begins the painstaking process of communicating with another sapient species, and in so doing becomes the sole representative of humanity – one whose actions will determine the future of both their species.</p> <p>A work inspired by Project Hail Mary, The Martian and the Temeraire series.Special thanks to VikasRao on DeviantArt for providing and inspiring ideas for the speculative evolution.</p> <p>New chapters are posted whenever ready (probably one chapter every few weeks)</p> <p>Link to the Discord server, where you can ask me whatever questions you like and I'll probably answer them (assuming the answer doesn't involve spoilers)</p>
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