In the summer of 2163—during the advent of the United Westica's civil war as a backdrop—a reluctant visionary must influence three obscure events or risk planetary extinction.

Journalist Zaya French and his wife Sierra partner once again with Lamatte Foliére and the CED Chief of Detectives, their old friend, Lionel Smith, aka Smitty.

Zaya, Sierra and Lamatte are thriving in a subterranean sanctuary called The Digs beneath the regionplex of Chicago, Williana, under the leadership of an enigmatic seer known only as Birdman.

Turmoil topside reaches abysmal proportions. Global political governance has failed. Something must be done, and normal citizens are called upon to take action.

But how can they prevail against armed paramilitary groups roaming the streets who constantly collide with soldiers trained in urban warfare?

The worst is yet to come. But then...