As the world's oil reserves gradually ran dry, the Third World War broke out as nations fought over the last remaining oil and living space. The enormous loss of life led to the birth of PMC companies and tactical dolls. But the Sangvis Ferri dolls rebelled, triggering the Fourth World War... After endless electronic and espionage warfare, nearly all of humanity's scientific and technological knowledge was destroyed... Society regressed to the nineteenth century. Our story takes place in London, after this great regression...