In the 1700s, a group of explorers from a Scandinavian country, initially comprising 300 men, become hopelessly lost while navigating the icy waters of the Antarctic. After four grueling years, only 118 men remain, and just 45 are capable of working due to extreme hardship. Their ship, encased in ice, is rendered immobile. Desperate for survival, the explorers venture onto the desolate continent, only to discover a high-tech, futuristic settlement called Aeternum.
Aeternum, hidden beneath layers of ice, is inhabited by robots who have maintained their advanced technology in isolation. The explorers, weak and starving, are initially in awe of the robots' sophisticated world but soon realize that they are unable to adapt to the settlement's advanced systems and limited resources. Despite the robots' attempts to help offering spoiled food and teaching survival skills-the explorers struggle to survive.
In the late 2000s, a Greenlandic scientific expedition uncovers the remnants of Aeternum and the story of the ill-fated explorers. As they piece together the history, they uncover the extraordinary tale of resilience and technological marvel hidden beneath the Antarctic ice. Antartica explores themes of survival, human-robot interaction, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge amidst the harshest conditions.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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