Last Mermaid

The Last Mermaid lives in a white tower... The year is 2143. The world s population has fled the devastating effects of a mutated bacterium to the safety of giant malls. These towering communities, constructed with prescient foresight by a handful of wealthy elites, are the last hope for uncorrupted humanity. Within their utopian walls, human life survives and soldiers on. These massive structures are powered by the greatest scientific discovery of the new era, Planc. It s the first truly net-zero energy source humanity has discovered. A perfect closed loop - Planck's primary food source is human flesh, and as the population regrows, so too this limitless resource can expand with it. The care of the colony, almost a hundred years later, falls to their descendants, another set of Twins, in a line of fair and venerable leaders. The descendants of the messianic White Twins rule the largest and most prosperous of the Towers, eponymously named the White Towers. Inside the brilliant, white walls, descendants of Ancient society s elite, and the lucky few chosen to serve them, thrive in a modernized civilization! Welcome to the White Tower, a Utopian Arc for the Modern World! Life in these towers is as idyllic a post-apocalyptic future as one could hope for, at least so it seems to Pisces Smith, a mysteriously pink-haired upper-floor resident and member of the illustrious Beauty Department. Although she spends too much time lost in her own mind, Pisces's exotic looks and new friends' popularity and wealth have helped her rise quickly through the ranks of this most prestigious service. The Beauty Dept is, after all, the heart and soul of the utopian future being built in the safety of the towers. Without beauty, what is the point of surviving? Those who serve Salaria White are the creme de la creme of upper-floor society. They re treated like the celebrated elite of Ancient times. Pisces doesn t understand how she - awkward, scarred from a childhood of illness, bearing the inexplicable crown of pink, wavy hair - has scored this coveted spot. Especially in a world where ugliness is just being poor. There s also Salaria s nephew to contend with, the bane of Pisces' existence, in the way that only the first person who ever broke your hymen and your heart could be. It's not enough just surviving in a world that has developed an appetite for human flesh, Pisces is about to discover that behind the beauty of the White Tower are some very ugly secrets.