The standoff between the UCAT branches continues. Claiming the right to conduct the Path of Leviathan, representatives of the American UCAT are ready to back their demands not only with an armada of mechanical dragons of American manufacture, but also with Richard Sanderson’s will, which gives them unconditional permission to negotiate with the 5th Gear — and therefore to fight with his last remaining known representative, the huge mechanical dragon named Black Sun. Meanwhile, Hio Sanderson, Richard Sanderson’s great-granddaughter, together with her willful companion Dan Harakava, is about to learn the truth both about the “demon curse” that has been pursuing her and about the tragedy that led to the destruction of the 5th Gear…