Humankind overreached and destroyed itself. It’s time to be reborn in a new form, with a new meaning, under a single Sun. Our god is Reason, and it answers our prayers. And yours? Civilization died in the fire of the last terrorist attack; 1 out of 10 became a zombie—whose brain is slowly restored by nanomachines, turning their life into a computer game where levels depend on how many nanomachines from the bodies of fallen enemies they’ve consumed. And only 1 in 100 didn’t suffer brain damage. What awaits the former priest who has lost everything, including himself?