CERV-US DESTRUCTION

CERV-US DESTRUCTION

He did not come to Earth to save mankind. He came from a world where mankind was never supposed to matter.

Far beyond Earth exists a civilization whose relationship with time, life, and death is almost impossible for human beings to comprehend. Their voyages can span thousands of Earth years. They study planets for generations. They view humanity not as the dominant species it believes itself to be, but as a primitive and dangerous life-form inhabiting a contaminated world.

Then Cervus comes to Earth.

The year is 1846.

America is divided by power, race, wealth, and slavery. Human beings buy and sell other human beings while believing themselves to be civilized. Into this brutal world comes something that does not belong here.

After a catastrophic arrival, Cervus is discovered by Toby, an enslaved man living under the violence and control of plantation slavery. What follows changes both of their existences forever.

Cervus enters Toby.

Now an intelligence born beyond Earth is forced to experience humanity from inside the body of a man whom America refuses to recognize as fully human.

Through Toby’s eyes, Cervus witnesses slavery.

He witnesses the chains.

The beatings.

The families torn apart.

The arrogance of men who call themselves masters.

And the more Cervus learns about humanity, the more dangerous one question becomes:

Does mankind deserve to survive?

But Earth is only part of the story.

Cervus comes from a species capable of surviving for extraordinary lengths of time, traveling between worlds and studying civilizations across ages. To them, Earth’s air is contaminated, its creatures carry dangerous diseases, and even physical contact with the planet can threaten an entire mission.

Human beings believe they are examining the universe.

They never considered that the universe might already be examining them.

CERV-US DESTRUCTION is an epic science-fiction story that reaches across alien civilizations, deep space, 1846 America, slavery, survival, transformation, power, morality, and the future of the human species.

It asks a frightening question:

If a being powerful enough to judge humanity arrived during one of the darkest periods in human history…

what evidence would mankind give him that we were worth saving?

Earth believes Cervus is the visitor.

Earth may soon discover that it is the one on trial.

CERV-US DESTRUCTION

He will serve us destruction.

Written by Carlos Alexander Murray