The Aberration: Torment of Tantalus

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“We’re approaching the anomaly now.”

Alexander Blackwell couldn’t help the quickening of his pulse, the slight rise of temperature that dampened his undershirt with a coat of uncontrolled perspiration. He clasped his hands behind his back to keep them from trembling from the rush of giddy adrenaline.

Contracted scientists, personal aides, oceanographers, geologists, and other experts were on hand to witness the start of a new era for humanity. Dozens of monitors displayed feed from the Gorgon, the prototype deep-sea diving submarine that had already broken the world record for manned submersion. That was irrelevant in the face of the Gorgon’s true mission.

Blackwell focused on the main screen, where imagery from the Gorgon’s forward camera was displayed. The submarine was only yards away from a massive fissure, a gash in the ocean floor that pulsed with violet light, peering at the submarine like the narrowed eye of some primeval sea monster. It was the reason for the Gorgon’s presence, the justification for an expedition costing Chimera Global hundreds of millions. The anomaly was potentially the greatest find in human history, a potential means to produce sustainable energy, ridding the world of glutting on fossil fuels and destructive mining. The projections were promising. Worth every risk if capable of producing even half of its potential.

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