The story of "A Paradox in Retrograde" is set in a far distant future, on island city state Baldur. Balanced on the edge of a decimated world, Baldur is governed by the power of myth and dependent upon the latent technology of a previous lost civilization. An unfolding chain of events soon leads to a discovery of a coming catastrophe. They must deal with a mysterious discovery of strange objects, and the remains of a crashed alien vessel high in the hills above the city. Amidst this a mysterious stranger named Ananda appears suddenly out of the sea. This stranger suffering from some deficit...