For fifteen years, the National People's Voice has ruled in relative peace, quietly snuffing out dissent wherever it's found. Silently enforcing their views and doctrine upon the people of Sanmarian as citizens disappear overnight and businesses mysteriously close.
Rose Abernethy and Beo Mataya are two strangers drawn together by one thing alone: Red Sunrise. A mysterious book no one else seems to have read. A book only two types of people ever ask about—collectors and the National People's Voice. A book both Rose and Beo feel was written just for them and that strangely seems to echo what is currently going on in their beloved city.
As the facade of calm seethes into violent protests, Rose and Beo are caught in the middle. Drawn into the center of a forgotten tragedy, they discover the book may not only hold the key to the secret of the city's past but also the key to its future.
