Set in an alternate version of the year 1897, where robots and genetic alteration are commonplace, The Chronicles of Xantrak follows the lives of five college students living and studying in the eponymous island city of Xantrak. These students are:

Harold Baker, an ambitious young scientist who is dedicated to protecting Xantrak from the various threats that endanger it;

Theo Matheson, the spoiled heir to the lavishly wealthy Matheson Family, who seems more interested in parties and pranks than running his father's empire;

Olivia Tailor, the adopted daughter of the school's current president, who is destined to follow in her predecessor's footsteps, but only if she can overcome her own mysterious past;

Ralph Matheson, Theo's estranged cousin of much humbler beginnings, who will stop at nothing to make his late grandfather proud;

And Devon Li, a genderqueer adventurer who dreams of finding the Lost City of Atlantis, which went missing shortly after their birth.

In spite their best efforts—and oftentimes because of them—the five are pulled deeper and deeper into the many supernatural conspiracies that surround the town, including (but not limited to): a cult's attempt to take over the city; a large-scale mutant uprising; and, as if all that weren't enough, a possible alien invasion.

Over the course of their education at the illustrious Xantrak Institute, the five learn more not only about their world, but also about themselves, and each other. Whether or not they learn fast enough to protect themselves and that which they hold most dear from certain doom is anyone's guess.

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