In a far future metropolis, a newly crowned king finds himself dispirited by the status quo, and longing for something more out of life beyond the drudgery of his position. He begins to fantasize about escaping to live with the naturalists in the desert near the equator, where the temperature is so high that they must live underground to survive. The city of Odessa, (where our story begins), is, in the authors own words, "like Titanic in a city". William lives on it's top floor, where an artificial atmosphere, strict police regulated social structure, and the royal palace in which he lives, maintains the illusion that tens of millions are not suffering and dying in the levels below. This novella is the first in a series, that together will comprise an epic length adventure story. This is only the beginning.
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