Vance, Eden, Cliff, and Azuka stood on a hill overlooking a flat, barren expanse surrounded by nothing but gnarled mountains. Some rock formations looked as if they had been ripped apart, and others cleaved by some unseen force.

Vance struggled with an unseen weight that had fallen on his shoulders. "Where are we?"

Azuka turned to face her students. "Sagacia. This dimension has a rather colorful history. You see, the scientists who once inhabited this planet ...