The adventure is on!
Hel Coates, her brother and their millennial teenage friends are running from mercenaries, hiding from monsters and exploring the dangerous world of NYC underground tunnels. But will they find the mysterious, supernatural doorway to the Lost City of Atlantis?
Explore science fiction and archeology in this new adventure series by Zack Kaplan (Eclipse, Port of Earth) and Alvaro Sarraseca (Magnus, Turok) that HAD to be told at AfterShock!
The mythology of underground, lost societies are ubiquitous across time, region and cultures for many reasons. Maybe the most significant reason for these myths is that lost cities are often a reflection of our own histories and realities. They relate stories of unchecked technological advancements, utopias gone wrong, and how greed undermines the true potential of human advancement. The Lost City is often a signifier for our own social failures in reality. And, true to form, there are some hints of that kind of reality mirror for Hel and crew in The Lost City Explorers. Read Full Review
It's been fun watching this group of kids deal with the friction and tension of what's going on and just how dangerous everything is and going through the emotional rollercoaster with them. I'm still optimistic that things will shift gears sooner rather than later and am waiting on that at this point. Read Full Review