Atoll, a young soldier in the near future, finds the course of his life changed after an assignment to the notorious, violence-wracked metropolis of Iron Spires. Along the way, the terrible conditions of the war will take their toll not only on Atoll, but on the comrades he relies on, causing tensions to boil over and eventually ignite. Will he and his squad survive? Will he come out of Iron Spires the same person?