The Fall and the Fire

"She was the answer to all questions; the end of all human endeavours." For untold decades, the world fell into darkness, under the spell of the organic intelligence known as Aqila. History came to know this time as the Fall. Then came the Fire. When news of the approaching meteor shower broke, the world's greatest minds devised a plan to save what they could of humanity. While the world burned, they survived in great structures called the Hives--cities built in the ocean. Now, centuries later, ASHA VASANT, a pilot and biologist, ventures out into the wastelands, where she makes a startling discovery... OBI ZI, a member of the cult-like corporation Zisoft, begins having strange dreams and visions, as an ancient power awakens, calling to her... KATSUO HIDAKA is a soldier stationed at a high-profile event, where a shocking revelation threatens to upend the political power of the Hives... LUCAS, a maintenance worker, sets out on a seemingly routine job, but a tragic event sends him on a journey that will have him questioning everything he believes... And in the desolate wastelands far from the Hives, a highwayman named JONA stalks the dangerous roads near the post-apocalyptic city known as Fiveways, where he meets a strange visitor... Each of their worlds will collide as they uncover the terrible truth that could rock the Hives to their foundations.