What if everything you worshipped was designed to control you?
In the desert kingdom of Zaharradune, the great Anchor pyramid has hummed to life for the first time in 26,000 years. The priests call it divine blessing. Osiris Falcone, a falcon archaeologist with more questions than faith, calls it a problem.
When an ancient glyph responds to his touch alone, Osiris discovers a truth that unravels every myth his civilization holds sacred: the animal races were not created by gods. They were engineered by beings called the Sky Lords.
Now Empress Mau'Rani, a lioness who believes herself destined for godhood, prepares to merge her consciousness with the Anchor's grid. If she succeeds, every mind in the kingdom will synchronize to her frequency. Independent thought will become system error. Love that crosses forbidden lines will be corrected.
With the help of Luma, a brilliant goat scholar whose species was nearly erased from history, and Barkhan, an old camel rebel who remembers truths the grid was built to make everyone forget, Osiris must choose: preserve the civilization that raised him, or destroy the machine that made it possible.
Some doors, once opened, cannot be closed. Some truths, once known, cannot be unknown. And some choices cost everything.
The Obelisk Accord is the first entry in series The Creation Hymns of Carnivoreland-a mythic science fiction adventure blend of stories designed to stimulate the mind and broaden horizons.