One Hundred years have passed since the dreaded bacteria attackedhumanity, causing women to become sterile and shortening mens lives.Marauding bands kidnapped children, now the most precious commodity onEarth. Only those living in the coldest lands have survived. A strange silverliquid covered the skins of a few chosen ones, giving them extraordinarypowers. These Silversuiters became the sworn protectors of the worldleaders. Hero teachers saved thousands of children and evolved into the mostrespected leaders on the planet. As generations passed, they became fartoo powerful and fi nally evolved into absolute dictators, controlling the onlyundestroyed link to the information cloud. Lora Roak and her companion,rogue Silversuiter Fourth, become the heads of the resistance to overpowerthe Supreme Teacher and the Tenured Council.
