The island city of Coronadus, a mere 24 rectangular miles of beautiful natural land and water resources, could only have been planned by an engineer of enormous skill and vision, such as Bianca"s husband, Ishtar. Each and every square foot had been laid out economically and efficiently by the ocean"s front, with bays and coves strategically walled in to create a triple-harbored landscape. That this exquisite city, with a sophisticated and enlightened populace, could breed an environment of mass destruction is astounding. Yet, that is what happened. An eruption of violence and war between divergent factions created not only a civil war, but wrought a cataclysmic disaster as well. The city"s land mass broke off from the core continent and drifted to an uncharted position in the cosmos. The

