Adyson Sweetwater

In the city of Sweetwater, there is a long line of noble families who each have their own unique ability. The Gingerbread family, for example, has the power to see the history of victims that have been killed. However, they are not well respected among the other families, as their power is seen as lesser than the other families, due to its high margin of error due to not being able to always see what you want, and the strain it places on the user. These inherited powers called sweets have blended into daily life for the city of Sweetwater. Nero Gingerbread is the latest in this line of detectives, and he is determined to use his power to create his art. Detectives of Sweetwater are allowed to take on cases alone once they have reached adulthood. Nero, having just turned 18-year-old, finds satisfaction in creating detailed maps of crime scenes and considers solving crimes to be a work of art. Nero is tasked with his first case solving the murder of a young man in an alley Nero uses his unique ability to see the past of the victim, but he soon finds he may not be ready for what he discovers. Sometimes, it is better to leave things unknown.

In the vast expanse of a united universe, the Hargylle Empire stands as an omnipotent force, holding absolute dominion over countless galaxies and planets. Within the stars, a tale of power, ambition, and tangled destinies. Somewhere the million-cities of Valens, Pherani, the resolute granddaughter of the emperor's eldest son who is opposed by her elder cousin, Ranifir, the ambitious offspring of the emperor's youngest daughter, who treacherous desires to seize the throne. Meanwhile, the enigmatic young Vedar Rivers, a seer able to see the future within storms, witnesses his family's steady ascent to dominance on a distant planet. As their influence grows beyond their ruling, and advances to the stars, he foresees a hundred billion deaths in his honor. In another corner of the universe, on the planet Ianides, House Yarr holds control over the drug Sweetwater and the people of their planet who they harvest it from. Their reign, however, faces formidable challenges that may prove to be their ultimate undoing when their subjects rise up. And on Samar Minor, Lord Daniel Thogar announces himself as the Sacred Emperor of his solar system, forcing his wife, Lady Hadassah, to make a decision between her love and her loyalty to the Imperium. From them, to the Norhiego, gifted biological engineers who have transmogrified their minds to become near-fully artificial, to the Thornner company and it's workers, "Sweetwater" follows the collapse of an Empire, and it's hundreds of causes.