Mido of Orthea

"The wind on Orthea moved too cleanly. Not natural-regulated. Measured. Approved."

For Mido, a hyper-analytical tactical prodigy with a serious chip on his shoulder, and Saber, his cynical, heavy-hitting childhood friend, escaping compliance under the Harmonic Federation was the only logical choice. But jumping the tracks into the blind spots lands them on Echo Node Seventeen-a toxic, messy, beautifully un-optimized wasteland where the local network is a wild frontier and survival means hoarding scrap.

What starts as a desperate search for a dry room with an electrical outlet quickly spirals out of control. After a brutal, midnight clash with an imperial hunter-drone leaves them exposed, Mido executes an impossible power move: hijacking the Empire's own tech.

Suddenly, they find themselves drafted by a stubborn network of local survivors who knew the ghosts of their past. Bound by an unyielding promise, Mido and Saber take on an unexpected new crew member: Ori, a non-stop talking, bright-eyed engineer who wants to make matching friendship bracelets out of insulated copper wiring.

Perfect for fans of gritty, early-2000s manga aesthetics and high-energy indie sci-fi, this first volume tracks a makeshift crew learning to build a future out of the dirt. They aren't sidekicks, they aren't following older hierarchies, and they definitely aren't running anymore.

Discover a story about found family, high-stakes cyber exploits, and the relentless spirit of a broken lineage.