Children of the Earth's Core

Deep beneath China's mountains, an ancient race watches. Once rulers of the surface, these subterranean dwellers have spent millennia pulling humanity's strings through technology, finance, and medicine. Their hidden civilization has shaped empires and toppled nations—all from the shadows. But when a mysterious plague erupts across China, their carefully guarded secrets begin to unravel. Now the world will learn that humanity was never alone, and some legacies refuse to stay buried.