The first chapter: read the rest on Kindle now. For thousands of years, it was the Anchor's responsibility to protect the Earth with his divine power. Every boy, turned man, was blessed with this divinity by his predecessor, and moulded into the perfect leader aided by his Order of Ouroboros. He was infallible; there had been not one question in five-thousand years of the legitimacy of his leadership. The world blossomed under his influence - as far as Thomas' eye could see. 800 AD. Amidst Maya civilisation, a small commune of outsiders exists by decree of an all-powerful alchemist. For Thomas, the alchemist is a deity to be worshipped. No price is too high to deny him. For Sumaya, the alchemist may be of all-power, but it is a curse. A curse which sets its eye upon them...