About the book: year / Thousands of immigrants left the dying planet in the firm belief that they would settle in heaven. But the reality turned out to be too cruel and dark. They managed to survive, tame the Tresarians and found the Republic. When the threat of a coup looms over the country, Mateo Maas, First Doge of the Council of Five, tries to understand those distant events. And only by revealing all the carefully hidden secrets can Mateo have a chance to save the Republic.