THE STRUGGLE FOR THE TRANSHUMAN SPECIES ... TO AVERT EXTINCTION AND RETURN TO THE SURFACE ... WILL BE DECIDED UNDERGROUND. The Phantom of the Earth (Books 4-5) Omnibus Edition contains The Descent into the Maelstrom and The Restoration of Flaws. In the Great Commonwealth of Beimeni, a subterranean civilization in North America, expansion long ago gave way to peace and prosperity in the face of the history's most devastating plague. Immortality is the reward for service and loyalty in Beimeni, a place where the physical blends with the metaphysical and power consolidates in the hands of those...