Set on the island city of Orokos, an isolated civilization that - to its inhabitants - is the only place in the world If there's more out there, no one knows, because anyone who's ever dared explore the waters beyond a certain limit gets torn apart by artificially intelligent drones patrolling just beneath the surface The titular Storm Thief isn't a character, but is rather the anthropomorphic personification given to the probability storms that occassionally rage over the city - storms that literally change the reality of the landscape