Dawn of the Demigods

Set in a future solar civilization shaped by past wars and ruined alien cultures, the narrative follows Charles Harver from a sheltered lunar childhood to study with Dr. Lanvin on Earth. Scientific curiosity drives microscopic archaeology and hazardous laboratory work, revealing engraved relics and hints of vanished intelligences. The arrival of minute visitors from a Jovian moon brings a promise of miraculous knowledge and sparks escalating peril, including catastrophic accidents, an inert protoplastic body found in a scholar's apartment, and cryptic written messages that force characters to confront ethical choices about immortality and the dangers of unrestrained technological advance.