In a politically volatile kingdom, Noah is tasked with finding the catalyst, a magical artifact rumored to greatly enhance the potential of the wielder. Joining his efforts are his childhood best friend and an illegitimate prince doing the queen's bidding in exchange for his lover's freedom. It soon becomes clear that many different parties are after the catalyst, though no one seems to know who started this chase or why. In order to survive and save the people he cares about, Noah will have to leave behind everything he thought he knew about magic and adapt to a new reality of unlikely alliances and painful betrayals, high-stakes power struggles, and vengeful entities.

2018. The Abyssals emerged onto the scene with not a care in the world for the lives that were lost. 2020. Japan responds to an S.O.S. From an American fleet battling the Abyssals in the bay of San Francisco. It is now 2022. Japan has offered other countries the chance to come and start their own Ship Girl fleets. How will the girls react when they're put into close quarters with old enemies? More importantly, will they be able to put aside their differences to battle a threat that could bring everything crashing down? Both At Sea and Close to Home? Disclaimer: I own nothing of Kantai Collection nor the Cover Artwork of this story.