The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what forests and oceans are.

It’s no place for an aspiring architecture student, but for Iris, the arts are all she has. When she creates a daemon capable of showing the thoughts of biological matter to aid her in her studies, she discovers that the captive Blumen—distorted, monstrous reflections of what...

The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what forests and oceans are.

It’s no place for an aspiring architecture student, but for Iris, the arts are all she has. When she creates a daemon capable of showing the thoughts of biological matter to aid her in her studies, she discovers that the captive Blumen—distorted, monstrous reflections of what allegedly used to be plant matter—are alive, conscious, and kicking.

And they have things to tell her. Like how much her life is in danger. And how she should start running right now.

Oh, the things that they have to say.