Firewatch

The universe is at death's door. In the trillions upon trillions of years now written in the history of the cosmos, countless empires have passed into myth. Earth and the Milky Way galaxy have long since been forgotten. Yet, against all the odds, mankind endured. On a massive orbital ring encircling a black hole, the architects of which are unknown, humanity continues to rage against the dying of the light.

Alexandra Lysander is the recently-coronated Queen of the Kingdom of Laria following the assassination of her mother. She takes sovereignty over an ancient empire mired in tradition and facing an uncertain future. When a political flashpoint on the border with a neighboring empire threatens the fragile peace imposed by the Federal Ministry of Firewatch, Queen Lysander must navigate the political turmoil, threading a needle between the whims of her court and the agents of the Ministry - or risk mutual annihilation.

When a young sorcerous is tracked down and killed, Captain of the Guard Peter Wols works to understand the mysterious circumstances behind her appearance and her death. In doing so, he uncovers a secret that threatens to upend all that humanity claims to understand about the future- and the past.