This is Omne, a world enveloped by perpetual clouds, without metals, machines, or technology, whose people harbor the secrets of an unimaginable power for destruction—or redemption...about to be unleashed by the Coming of the Wordsmith....

But before it became Omne, it was Colony, home of a small group of refugees from Earth, struggling to survive on a new planet and understand its rules...unaware of their gradual transformation into something no longer quite human. This is the story of how it all began....