In a future shaped by catastrophe, the city of Bulwark stands as humanitys last strongholda walled metropolis ruled by order, sacrifice and a powerful AI that rewards loyalty and obedience. Founded by those who survived a series of global cataclysms, Bulwark honors its elite class, the Sainteddescendants of the citys original saviorswhose status is preserved through generations of sacrifice.

Saint Enita Malovis, once a celebrated bio-prosthetist, now faces the end of her life and legacy. Determined not to let her knowledge fade with her, she begins work on Nix, a synthetic being designed to carry her experience and insight into the future. But as Enita works, a fellow Sainted is mysteriously murderedand the citys all-seeing AI deletes all records of the crime.

When the truth is buried by the very system meant to protect it, Enita and Nix find themselves at the heart of a growing rebellion. As tensions rise between Bulwarks hidden underclass and the programs that govern their lives, a reckoning loomsone that could dismantle the foundations of the city itself.