A world shattered into pieces—yet the only thing connecting them is iron railroads. Trains rushing straight through time that has frozen. Alchemical factories that process and burn energy into the very Eternal.
Strange and terrifying entities sometimes penetrate cities and, with a single touch, turn people into “touched” ones—those who are no longer alive, but didn’t get the misfortune of dying.
The main character is a special police commissioner investigating cases in which these entities, underground alchemists, and bomb-makers are involved. When a series of strange murders and robberies rolls through the city, he suddenly realizes that the solution may lie in his own past.