Fifty years ago, the war ended, but the gates of Duskrim City remained closed. The Upper City, echelon of the rich and the politically powerful, stands glittering against the tests of crime, while the Lower Rim sits as a vast set of slums from which no hope dawns. The only way out of Duskrim comes with a hefty toll, one that most cannot make. Luckily, evolution finds balance, and two-hundred years ago, human beings with abilities emerged. A city stands on the brink of war between powers that threaten to erode away the boundaries of the Upper and Lower forever. Edmund "Ice Prince" Noveskya, son of the head of the Sokolov Mafia, has been given a test by his father: Locate the Brigadia, a mysterious vigilante who threatens their empire, and kill them. But when fate brings him to a mysterious girl's doorstep, and the powers at play launch an offensive that threatens his father's entire reign, Edmund will have to decide what he's fighting for, and if it is worth everything. Bernadette "Birdie" Farroway has lived in Duskrim City her entire life. Living in the Lower Rim, she cares for her mother and sister diligently. When a boy shows up on her doorstep, bleeding and trailed by gun-wielding assassins, Birdie has to set aside her grievances towards the Upper to save her family--and, possibly, all of Duskrim City.