The tale of two individuals; one a 22nd century journalist; the other, a cultural Anthropologist. Both of these people's lives will bring them under the shadow of the mysterious, and magnificent Melchior von Engelhardt. For seven years, "The Melk" reigned over the world as pre-eminent prince of technologists. He remade the world, some said, in his own image. Then, he was gone; as if he'd never been born. No one could even find a birth certificate. If only it were as simple as just finding a missing person. Mystery shrouds mystery, and one mystery is simply a gate to the next, to the next, to the next .... Author's note to reviewers: Apologies for the formatting issue with Chapter 3, which led to the protagonists' inner dialogue not being properly italicised. The proof was read in Word, and, presumably I accidentally copied over in plain text. Apologies for any confusion.
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