Introduction: Shadow of Prometheus: AvariceHard Sci-Fi meets Mythic Fantasy in a Cosmic Struggle for SurvivalA billion years before mortal life stirs, two guardian beings labor on a molten world, bound to keep the universe itself from unraveling. Avarice—custodian of space—is cursed with insatiable hunger for power and expansion. Tantalus—keeper of time—is burdened by unwavering devotion to a distant, silent god called HaShem. Together, they must perpetually perform impossible computations to preserve the cosmos’s delicate balance.Their very bodies run on the alchemy of rare metals—a painstaking harvest from the planet’s harsh environment. When the elusive World Tree fails to bear its life-sustaining “fruits,” Avarice bristles at yet another cosmic trial. She questions her chains of duty, yearning for freedom. Tantalus, however, prays that faith and sacrifice can save them both.Amid collapsing canyons, supernova bursts, and cosmic migraines that rearrange reality itself, their ancient bond is tested by betrayal, survival, and forbidden knowledge that might topple the very structure they are sworn to defend. Will Avarice’s simmering resentment ignite an interstellar reckoning? Or can Tantalus’s unshakable faith guide them to a future where suffering has meaning—where monstrous burdens are finally lifted?Shadow of Prometheus: Avarice is a hard science fantasy epic that reimagines magic, monsters, and divine wrath through the lens of speculative astrophysics, cosmic-scale biology, and higher-dimensional computations. Dive into a universe on the brink—a place where “miracles” are the fruit of extreme science, and the boundary between duty and rebellion grows razor-thin....