The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have
opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no
longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created
throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in
between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will
force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its
future.
The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of
Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an
unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that
might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event
that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who
designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy
them.