London was the greatest city in the world, they had said. For many years, everybody had believed it. Everywhere the people went, they saw the gas-lit streets flickering to life. Carriages rolled across the street as ladies and gentlemen attended the latest ballet. Merchants sang songs about their wares and children played with one another. Beneath thick clouds, the Thames flowed through the city, pumping its energy into the city like a beating heart. Factories sent spires of smoke climbing into the sky.
Alexander was a scholar. A talented one, in fact. Having the honor of attending the most prestigious university the world could provide, his education had always been his utmost priority. But when the universe itself starts testing his mind in strange and peculiar ways, he starts to be torn astray from the path he had always followed. Now he only has two choices. Adapt or break.