Synopsis

Theworldisinthemidstofagoldenage.Humanityhasbeenlargelyunitedunderasinglegovernmentfortwocenturies,scarcityhasbeenallbuteliminated,andthehumanlifespanhasbeenextendedfurtherthaneverbefore,withmanylivingforfivecenturiesorlonger.Yetcrackshavebeguntoforminthisutopia.Progressinsciencehasoutpacedsocialvalues,leadingtoconflictasthenewgenerationstruggleswiththeprospectofperpetualdisenfranchisementundertheirall-but-unagingelders.Inthiseraoftransition,aclassofgiftedyoungarcanistsareinvitedtoattendaconclaveheldbytheenigmaticOrderoftheUniversalPanacea,anancientorganizationdevotedtopursuingthesecretoftrueimmortality.Severaloftheparticipants,however,haveulteriormotivesforattending,includingUtsushikomeofFusai,ayoungprodigyofThanatomancywhosegrandfatherwasonceamember.Butunbeknownsttothem,thereisacurseontheOrderoftheUniversalPanacea.Onedoesnotdefydeathandthenaturalorderlightly.Andanuninvitedguestmayalreadylurkamongthem;onethatisnothuman.Intheend,allofthemwillhavetoask:Whatcanbefoundinthisworld,thatistrulyeternal?Thecurtainrisesonthis,mankind'sfinalbattlewithentropy,andthepossibleoutcomesaredeath,oraslightlylater,morecomplicatedformofdeath.Evenso,pleasetrytoenjoyyourself.---Thisstoryisawhodunnit-stylemurdermysterywithafocusonpsychologicaldramaandpersonalhorror.Thesetupislong,buthopefullywillrewardattentivereading.Discord:.gg/RTFjaKTbUeCoverillustrationbyZerovirus.