The political chess game between the shogunate and the empress has a
new piece--a self-aware, autonomous entity named Eve.
A mighty shogunate ruling the land from Tempu Castle. An imperial line
with strict female succession. Caught between these two immense powers,
the sprawling city of Tempu is home to many wonders--not least a
superhuman technological achievement in the form of a beautiful
automaton known as Eve. When a secret that threatens to shake the
imperial line intersects with the mystery of Eve's creation, events are
set in motion that soon race toward a shocking conclusion. A new,
astonishingly inventive science fantasy masterpiece of historic
proportions.