After renouncing the intrigues and responsibilities of the family business, Tomás Chen-Diaz hopes to find peace in the remote seminary of the Servants of Christ, King of Heaven and Earth. Here, the rigorous routine of work and prayer is meant to strengthen the recruits for a lifetime of service to the Lunar and Martian colonists.
But jealousies and politics thrive wherever humanity congregates, and even the most isolated sanctuary cannot provide a refuge from the consequences of the Chen family’s dark past—consequences which inexorably catch up with both Tomás and Francisco when least expected, forcing a stark confrontation on an unyielding stage.