Operation Golden Age …… A catastrophe and a new human Genesis
Operation Golden Age is a slow-burning, post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi odyssey dealing with symbiosis, metamorphosis, illusion, and the fragility of memory in the face of extinction. It is an exciting story about a pair of ill-fated human survivors navigating a post-apocalyptic landscape. Unwittingly existing in an environment dominated by a sentient mycelial network. They soon discover that the world they inherited was not what they believed it to be. Within its mycelial network, a parasitic hive mind of post-human consciousness at odds with ancestral humanity endeavors to evict the survivors from their forest menagerie by whatever means necessary. The discovery that they are a set of pair-bonded clones being manipulated in a controlled environment compels them on an odyssey beyond their circle of protection to face the dangers in a stark desert wilderness. Their trials in the desert bring them to a lost human colony where the secrets of Operation Golden Age only grow deeper.
A fallen Civilization …
The continuity of human history has been broken, and civilization’s survivors have retreated to domed cities scattered throughout the world to wait. However, something went terribly wrong, and the domes fell.
A pair of fated human survivors …
The fates of two lone inheritors of this world cross paths as Trixie and Wyatt, both tough and sturdy survivors, wander a post-apocalyptic wilderness dominated by vast forests. Scattered among the forests dwell ancient sentient fungi known as Prototaxities. Once seemingly extinct, it has evolved, becoming increasingly symbiotic to many of Earth’s lifeforms. At some point in the deep past, through its mycelial networks and contact with human language, a metamorphosis of self-awareness took place. In the absence of civilization, Prototaxities spread, taking on their ancient massive form. Though Trixie and Wyatt are familiar with the organism, the nature of its sentience remains unknown. They are also unaware that within its mycelial neural network, a parasitic hive mind of post-human consciousness at odds with ancestral humanity struggles for dominion over the landscape. In the absence of civilization, Prototaxities spread, taking on their ancient massive form. Though Trixie and Wyatt are familiar with the organism, the nature of its sentience remains unknown. They are also unaware that within its mycelial neural network, a parasitic hive mind of post-human consciousness at odds with ancestral humanity struggles for dominion over the landscape.
A sentient mycelial network …
Abraham, the leader of the de facto leader hive mind, resurrects the mummified corpse of Scientist Dr. Nick, intending to use him to force Wyatt and Trixie out of the forest and into the wasteland.
A parasitic hive mind…
Nick ultimately disobeys his creator, providing evidence that they may, in fact, be subjects in a research menagerie and that their world is not what they believed. In the desert, they find the remains of a human enclave dominated by Marduk, an alien god-king.
John Faherty
John F. Faherty 