It's 254 YaD (Year after Dissolution) or 2281 in the Common Era. Lord Shem is the ruler of the kingdom of Murikah, a country nearly devastated on the Day of Dissolution when both nature and the foolishness of mankind seemed determined to destroy an Earth now slowly recovering from the damage inflicted on it in that long ago but terrifying year.Lord Shem's Regent, the Lady Marta, and her daughter Mednyt strategize ways to ensure Lord Shem remains on...