The Arctic is not empty. It has never been empty.
When a Russian bioweapon escapes containment on the ice of the Laptev Sea, Dr. Eira Skeldsen breaks every rule—saving a dying man using knowledge no human should possess.
Because Eira is not human.
Born beneath the glaciers of Iceland, she belongs to Thrymsa—an ancient civilization hidden beneath the polar ice for over 127,000 years. For centuries, her people have observed humanity in silence.
Until now.
When Thrymsa rises from the ice, Eira is forced to stand between two worlds—one that measures time in ice ages, and one that measures it in election cycles.
As fear spreads and tensions rise, Eira must answer the question her people have asked for millennia:
Can humanity be trusted?
Stephanie Creech writes speculative fiction exploring hidden systems, emerging technologies, and the fragile structures humans build to govern a complex world.
Her stories ask what happens when long-held assumptions about our planet — about power, technology, and even humanity’s place on Earth — begin to fracture.
Her debut novel, THRYMSA, introduces readers to The Inner Realms, a speculative fiction series exploring hidden civilizations that exist beneath the planet’s most extreme environments.View all by Stephanie Creech
