Lucien, a former paparazzo with fractured memories, awakens in a cybernetic junkyard convinced that he is a hard-boiled detective. Inside him lies a remnant of Cataclysm No. 2—a sentient black fluid capable of consuming weapons, reconstructing machinery, and transforming him into a devastating armored fighter. To save Zero, a blind girl kept alive by a failing energy core, Lucien joins forces with Victor, an irritable underground cybernetic surgeon, and becomes entangled in a deadly conflict involving street gangs, corporate enforcers, and the rulers of the upper city. When his heroic persona collapses and his shameful past is exposed, Lucien must decide whether a false hero can become a real one—and follow the call of the abyss toward the truth hidden in the Desolation Plains.
