The mention of her name caused another pang of longing in Adam's chest.
“Just before the EMP, we received information that our team had reached the pyramid, shortly after that all the electrical systems went down. For over twenty-four hours we had no way of knowing if we'd been successful or not. It was then when we received information from a craft we had in orbit around Earth. Some of our more sophisticated technologies still worked, because they weren't susceptible to the pulse that fried the planet. It soon became clear that they could pick up no trace of Buer, or anyone else in Egypt. The craft had detected a sizeable explosion beneath the plateau. The more senior Earth-Breeds feared that we – they – had failed. A transmission was sent to Sheol from the orbital craft; Sheol, however,
