Welcome to the Tri-Realm Republic, a harmonious union of worlds in which its three peopleshuman, Jirian, and Zasskellcohabitate in civil alliance.
But Laura, who's just lost her job as a peacekeeper in the Silver Guard, suspects not everything is as shipshape as it seems.
A strange illness has cropped up in the last few months, with her own father among the afflicted. She has an inkling about what's causing it, but it doesn't bode well for the fate of the Republic, and to make matters worse, nobody seems to share her suspicionsincluding her senator mother.
But maybe Saeed, an aspiring alchemist with a peculiar connection to plants, will be able to help. He's got a good reason, after all: his brother's sick too. While fighting for his dream job at a burgeoning alchemy company, Saeed will stop at nothing to craft a potion to heal his brother, but soon enough, he'll find out he can't do it alone.
With apathy from the government, it's up to Laura and Saeed to carve out an unconventional path to the cureall the while finding far more mystery swirling beneath the surface of their world than either of them ever imagined.