2–––, Dernydia. After many, many years of cryopreservation, Ludwig Adler opens his eyes. His exploration of what the world has become is a spate of surprises to him. But while he is marveling at the wonders of its society, he learns about the flip side of its technology: between conservative and progressive groups there becomes such a rift that they eventually form separate life forms - one part staying natural, the other ascending to something more. The dichotomy between these races, human and transhuman, causes such tension that it is almost palpable wherever they are found together… But the real downside of the machine of their technology is that it features a "destroy-the-world" button. Combined, this destructive technology and social instability, eventually lead to such precarious situation that they bring the world to the edge of the abyss. Ludwig Adler watches as the world of transhumanism, beneath the gilded semblance of an utopia, begins to unravel and turns into an inferno....More >< Less