In Eden, walls of smoke, disappearing children, strange lights,  and crippling drought have rulers panicking as their divine mission — and a reign lasting more than 300 years — slips from their fingers.

 

Romer Campo is a lowly scribe and secret inventor who finds a puzzling relic in the paper vats where he works. When Romer attempts to share his discovery, he learns that the rulers have another agenda in mind — one that includes killing anyone who brings up Eden's buried past.

 

Fleeing for his life, Romer finds himself pulled into a hidden rebellion devoted to the Mother Lady, an early prophet whose story about a place called the Blind could alter the world of Eden forever.

 

As the Edenist reign turns increasingly deadly, Romer must figure out a way to tell people the truth before they are shepherded to their ultimate heavenly reward — a final sacrifice that will be the Edenists' greatest glory and the world's darkest hour.