Myst: Book of Ti'Ana
Aitrus was part of an exploration team whose aim was to create a tunnel from their underground civilization to the surface of the earth. However the exploration was frought with doubt, mostly from the elders and after an "accident" happened shortly before they complete the mission, it was ordered to be abandoned completely.
Anna's father is an archeologist. They live in the desert. After her father died when she had nowhere else to go, she decided to...