Dust and sand. Gray asphalt and, to match it, a veil covering the sky. A dim spot of the sun hovering over the spiers of towers rushing upward. And the City is the last stronghold of a world that has fallen into oblivion. Mark Lom is a trainee of the Control Service. An organization designed to protect citizens from creatures of Chaos, warlocks and creatures of the void coming from behind the fence. But what will he do when one day he encounters the underbelly of this world? Will he be able to remain human despite the circumstances or will he perish, becoming a pawn in someone else’s game?