In the drowned remnants of a world where the rain never ceases, the stark divides of society are as unrelenting as the weather. Cyrus Aelius has grown up in the shadowy depths below the affluent Highlands, where survival means embracing a life of crime within the waterlogged undercity. When he is commissioned to kill Lucinda von Astrea, a woman rumored to wield the power to part the clouds and summon the sun, his mission takes an unexpected turn. Lucinda's abilities offer a glimpse of a world beyond the eternal deluge—a world that Cyrus has only seen in the pages of old books. Facing the truth about the power she holds, Cyrus stands at a crossroads: complete his dark assignment for the guild or betray the only life he's known for a chance at a new beginning.

Davin had lost everything when his wife left him for another man, and his business went bankrupt. Due to depression, he indulged into excessive use of drugs, and alcoholism. And in the end, he decided to hang himself. As the life slowly left his body, he gradually lost consciousness. But a few seconds later, he saw a vast light, and the faces of strangers. There was a man, a woman, and what seemed to be a female doctor. They were all speaking a language he had never heard of and the man called him "Altair". When he reached his hands out, he saw that they had grown much shorter; almost as if he had turned into a baby. And that was when it hit him, he had become a child again. What will he do in this new life that was given to him?

Rune and Sigil have just graduated from the Forestar Academy, and they have been given command of a squad of rune knights, warriors trained in the art of combat and spell casting, at their behest. Their squad has been assigned to reinforce the western border of the Queendom of Wisteria. Soon, they find themselves engaging in a border skirmish with the Empire of Regalia. As the fight rages on, they discover that there's more to this war than meets the eye