Water City
Year 2160: Itâs been ten years since the cataclysmic events of Eventide, Water City, where 99.97 percent of the human population was possessed or obliterated by Akira Kimura, Water Cityâs renowned scientist and Earthâs former savior. Our nameless antihero, a synesthete and ex-detective, and his daughter, Ascalon, navigate through a post-apocalyptic landscape populated by barbaric Zeroesâthe permanent residents of the continentâs biggest landfill, The Great Leachateâwho cling to the ways of the old world. They live in opposition to Akiraâs godlike domination of the planetâshe has taken control of the population that viewed her as a god and converted them into her Gardeners, zombielike humans who plod along to build her vision of a new world. What that world exactly entails, Ascalon is not entirely sure, but intends to find out. Now nineteen, she, a synesthete herself, takes over this story while her father succumbs to grief and decades of Akiraâs manipulation. Tasked with the impossible, Ascalon must find a way to free whatâs left of the human race.