The world had long since fractured. Empires of —who muted their thoughts with drugs—clashed with nomadic Voice Tribes , who wielded empathy as both weapon and balm. And then there were the Shatterbeasts , grotesque creatures born from the Maelstrom itself, their bodies shifting between predator and prey, their minds a cacophony of stolen fears.
The world had long since fractured. Empires of —who muted their thoughts with drugs—clashed with nomadic Voice Tribes , who wielded empathy as both weapon and balm. And then there were the Shatterbeasts , grotesque creatures born from the Maelstrom itself, their bodies shifting between predator and prey, their minds a cacophony of stolen fears.