A thousand years after a global nuclear war, ice sheets reclaim the land as they did over ten thousand years ago. Armies hundreds of thousands strong mobilize once more, nations of millions reigniting long-held rivalries.
In what was once the western half of the great American nation, several new nations rise from the ruins, forging a future with ancient technology. Echoing the Roman Republic’s rise, they seek to expand their influence and territory, their petty rivalries and squabbles escalating. A dispute between two old rivals over the continent’s most fertile region sparks a continent-wide war.
Eight figures will shape and direct the war to its conclusion. Nithya Muirjawa-Sasfoz, princess of Cascadia, Ernesto Saranta, senator of California, and his daughter Yaniya Saranta, Etzli Cuauhtli, ambassador of Aztlan, Adhika Mahalia-Cruize, princess of Honolulu, Hengist Nilsulsa, warrior of Mydakona, brothers George and Liam Andsen, deer-herders of Sedaserii. Each will alter the war’s trajectory, impacting the others and their own people. In the end, only one survives.
In the first book, these figures are fully introduced, their stories beginning. The decisions each makes in the conflict’s first year are revealed, with consequences unfolding before their eyes, more yet to come in other books.
