In a future where every oil well on the planet runs mysteriously dry, criminal empires take over the planet as modern civilization collapses. Sunrise City is one such empire, bound by an eight-year peace accord to save itself as the world outside crumbles, but as the accord nears its end, rival factions fight for supremacy and position. Betrayed and left for dead, a former gang enforcer named Pilot navigates a political maze to find the thugs who took his wife, as well as the reasons why. Those reasons will lead him to the truth behind the world collapse and the secret dawning of mankind's new future.

"Based on the massively multiplayer online PC game from Vogster Entertainment"--Dust jacket. "An Archaia Black Label and Vogster Entertainment production"--T.p. verso.

Chapter 1.History repeating / illustrated by Nathan Fox -- Chapter 2. The scorpion chamber / illustrated by Zach Howard -- Chapter 3. Rat-filled walls / illustrated by Sanford Greene -- Chapter 4. Grim stains / illustrated by David Williams -- Chapter 5. Youth bulge / illustrated by Ben Templesmith -- Chapter 6. The Achilles heel / illustrated by Gary Erskine -- Chapter 7. 51 cards / illustrated by Howard Chaykin -- Chapter 8. Contingency theory / illustrated by Glenn Fabry -- Chapter 9. Tenax propositi / illustrated by Vincent Proce -- Chapter 10. Machtpolitik / illustrated by Trevor Hairsine.