AllanCoker1988
Thirteen thousand years before the present, Alan is torn from his modern life and cast into ancient Alabama - a land of towering forests, extinct beasts, and tribes on the edge of becoming. Gifted with uncanny language comprehension and a bag that defies the laws of nature, he awakens in a world untouched by history, where survival is sacred and every choice echoes through generations.
As Alan builds a village from the bones of ruin, he discovers he is not the only one displaced. Others have been pulled from their timelines, scattered across a world that does not understand them. When a monstrous warlord known as Death Fang begins collecting the living for a tower that preserves consciousness at the cost of becoming, Alan, Lexi, Mac, and Maggie are drawn into a conflict far larger than survival.
What begins as a rescue becomes a reckoning.
What begins as fear becomes defiance.
What begins as survival becomes choice.
As tribes unite, displaced souls awaken, and old enemies become unexpected allies, Alan's village transforms into a beacon of possibility. Watermills rise where war once raged. Trade routes replace bloodshed. And the world‑tree, once a prison, becomes a symbol of renewal.
The Village at the River's Edge is a sweeping tale of found family, ancient mysteries, and the fragile, fearless act of choosing who we become. It is a story about the cost of safety, the power of refusal, and the simple, stubborn hope that even in a world carved by loss, a home can still be built - one choice at a time .