"This system with its three beautiful Suns and twelve habitable planets could become a new home for the inhabitants of the dying First World," reads the chronicle. Five hundred years ago, the colony planet Laterra really promised hope for a happy life. However, history repeats itself: the ruling dynasty feasts in the palace, and the poor starve without shelter above their heads. But popular patience is not endless, and one spark is enough for a riot to flare up on the planet. Such a spark is the news of the murder of a small infanta... Chaos reigns on Laterra, and in these terrible days, fate brings together three young people, almost teenagers, who would never have met in peacetime. The young thief Shatin wants to leave her impoverished homeland forever and becomes a spy for this. Officer Marcellus, who took the oath of allegiance to the Regime, is predicted to be commander in the future. Alouette lives in the shelter of the underground Abode and dreams of becoming the keeper of a secret library. These three do not yet know what roles they have in a dangerous game called revolution...