A successful businessman? A thriving politician? A young inventor with great promise? Before the collapse of an entire world, these achievements mean absolutely nothing.
And it will surely happen—because a whole planet is waiting for and preparing for future cataclysms… and does nothing to prevent them! After all, trans-portal research has been deemed impractical due to its inefficiency and unreliability.
But there is one factor capable of changing everything, and its name is Yoshirо Edo (as well as Alan Smith and Yaroslav Kuznetsov). He is a “anchor.” A point of support, a cornerstone, a bearer of benchmark constants. Who would dare to use it—and overturn the whole situation, of course at their own expense—when the outcome is clearly losing for everyone? However, Yaroslav has already made his choice.