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Abandoned as a child and raised by the Church, young Sebastian works tirelessly in his pursuit of priesthood. But when a shadowy hooded figure serves him with a summons, his careful plans face a turning point. It appears his name has drawn the attention of the Inquisition and his attendance is commanded at once - for retribution, information, or something else, he does not know.

Aldred is holding on to his last shred of hope as he makes his way to the ruins. As an archaeologist, he searches for remains of the dragon race that wiped itself out centuries ago. So far, all of his quests have turned up with nothing. If he fails this time, it will be his last chance. But his hope is extinguished when he meets his partner for the dig. Hashkeh is a humanoid tiger, a member of a beast race. Tigers and humans do not get along. As they reluctantly start the dig, the stereotypes each holds about the other’s race begin to break down.

In March XXXX, toward the end of the Anthropocene, the Mother of all coronaviruses, SARS-Co-MV, aka Mother Virion, besieged the planet, causing another catastrophic pandemic. Did geopolitical rivalry between the US and China bring it about, or did environmental destruction allow an intermediary host to introduce Mother Virion to the general public? Although no one knew the virus's exact origin, many thought it was intentionally released by either the US or China as a biowarfare tactic.