Beneath a Sky of Stone

Ryan Shaw awakens in a strange hospital with no memory of where he is or how he got there. He soon learns that he has survived a fall of seventeen kilometers into the Earth's crust and is trapped underground in the Republic of Inner Earth, founded in 1898 by scientists seeking to create a perfect society and avoid war and unrest. Being the first 'Surfacer' to survive the long plunge into the darkness, Shaw must contend with his newfound celebrity as well as pain and grief at losing his fami...