A thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed. It is only by the will of the King that Nate Anteros, son of the King's favourite, is spared from the gallows after openly dissenting. But when he's released from prison, Nate disappears.

A stark contrast, Catherine Taenia has spent her entire life comfortable and content. The...

The four remaining fugitives are now spread across the Kingdom. And with the fate of the others unknown to him, Nate Anteros prays for a fast execution.

Yet execution does not come. After a meeting with the King which leaves Nate questioning his sanity, he's sent to a workcamp in Argon Basin for five years of hard labour. It's there that Nate learns what became of his friends upon their arrest.

And as his strength returns to him, and he's plagued by dreams which are much too real to be ignored, Nate decides five years is far too long to wait ...