They say that in the beginning and in the end there is only Darkness.
What they don’t say is that, at a completely random point in time, a speechless naked man appears on White City’s First Street with nothing on him, save three images on his mind:
-The image of a girl.
-The image of a machine.
-And the image of a wet, crescent, moon.
On the other hand there is a girl (The Girl) in another White City, so far and yet so close to its Sister City; her name is Mary Strong.
Mary, who contrary to appearances is far from being your average «girl next door», finds herself entangled in a web that becomes more and more intricate as time goes by.
It’s a web that is woven by bizarre, surreal and disturbing events and is fostered by Mary’s quirky dreams.
It’s a Spider’s Web, to be more accurate, that eventually takes a completely unexpected shape and texture when Mary «coincidentally» begins interacting with another girl, Portia Quant, who is the heir to their homeland’s most powerful and notorious family.
Soon after that, Mary realises she has become more immersed than she would have ever imagined and / or liked in a, literally life and death, game unfolding in more than one reality setups.
And this is just the beginning of Part One of an unusual and profoundly mysterious story, which is deeply influenced by the works of such creators as Franz Kafka, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Thomas Pynchon, Douglas Adams and, of course, David Lynch.
It’s a story about the eternal clash of the cosmic forces of Order versus the cosmic Forces of Chaos.
But most of all it’s a story about the tragically comical, and comically tragic, figure standing in the middle of the Arena where these two opposing forces meet each other with such relentless ferocity:
The Human Being.
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“…This story is as old, as it is complicated
Nevertheless, I don’t feel trapped, but rather liberated
Just like the city’s cats, who are themselves the way
A way that’s loud and clear, without a word to say
…
I’m following my instinct, I listen to my gut
My logic is of no use, if I’m to be a cat
The veil is uncovered, my vision becomes true
My mission is revealed, and I will see it through
…
The cats of White City, I walk among them now
Don’t let yourself be fooled, because I don’t meow
I see with my new eyes, embracing the void
The one that life is stemming from, and no one can avoid…“
…
White City, Chapter 32, “White City Cats, under the Moon”