On Earth, the mega-cities of the Tang begin to crumble as war ripples across the planet. It is a time of change, of endings, of beginnings. It is a time when Li Yuan, the last of the Tang, will make a terrifying alliancewhen chaos will erupt in the form of copy humans, programmed to killand when Emily Ascher - a woman dedicated to liberty for the billions the Tang have kept in chains - will see her vision blossom. A vision bloodied and blurred by tears, as the world descends into catastrophic conflict.