Over a century after winning its revolution against Spain, the Philippines sits at the heart of a global superpower that is tearing apart at the seams. Caught in the mouth of this crumbling empire and Mal and Yari, two childhood friends reunited by a mercenary operation - and a series of strange occurrences along the Pasig river. A dog and its doppelganger, a disappeared scientist and a mysterious briefcase all hold clues to a secret at the heart of history itself.