Earth's moon has shattered into seven fragments, triggering periodic "tide storms." Humanity now survives between the massive floating ring-city of Noah's Halo and deep-sea dome cities, searching for the legendary "New Land" that will surface only after the seventh tide.
Klain
Charismatic but sleep-deprived, increasingly unsure whether his visions are prophecy or madness
A "tide oracle" on the floating city's council who predicts storms through dreams—but lately those dreams show things that do not exist.
Suda
Garrulous, superstitious, greedy enough to take risks but loyal to anyone who saves his crew
A smuggler captain who salvages lunar debris in the trash gyres and believes the fragments can "speak."
Eira
Cautious, obsessive, driven by the need to prove the New Land is real; trusts her prosthetic readings more than people
A former marine archaeologist with a mechanical prosthetic left arm that can sense tide frequencies.
Orra Pell
Stubborn, compassionate, methodical, unwilling to accept an official count that excludes the living
A census clerk of the first shore who maintained the names of people marked unregistered during the original tide catastrophe. She continued transmitting the names after the authorities ordered the count closed.
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The Hinge-Keeper
Tired, furious, lucid, and unwilling to accept continued sacrifice as duty
A keeper from the first shore who was removed from its authorized history and bound into the central machinery to keep its breathing center open. Her name has been suppressed, while her function has endured beneath Noah’s Halo.
Talla Rusk
Precise, defiant, practical under catastrophe, unwilling to sacrifice living districts for official unity
Talla Rusk directed the first shore’s emergency separation of the Halo when the failed tide engine began drawing the future through a closed ring. She was later erased from the authorized record after refusing to let the separated districts be declared outside the city.
Ilyen Voss
Patient, exacting, quietly defiant, unwilling to let an official ending erase unfinished lives
A record keeper who continued writing names after the first shore authorities ordered the census closed, preserving the people omitted from the authorized count.