PROLOGUE
THE FIRST MITOCHONDRIA WAR
At the beginning of the 21st century, Australia was at war. At war with the neo-mitochondrial Kyzah forces, that were threatening to take over the world.
Yes, neo-mitochondria exists. It exists in each and every one of the Kyzah movement, either naturally or artificially. But it exists. And it's all powerful.
The Kyzahs had dreams of world domination. Their leader, Jay Talleja, had recycled Hitler's ideology of a superior race, and was determined to follow it through all the way to the end, killing every "non-enlightened" human being on the planet, starting with Australia.
One of Australia's defenses against the Kyzahs was the best investigative and assault team on the planet. This team, known to all as Jade Columbia, or JC, was composed of five of the best agents in the world. JC were the best of the best. No other individual team even came close. JC were sent in after the Kyzahs.
No-one knows exactly what happened the day the two sides clashed for the first time. What we do know is that the JC members betrayed Australia, betrayed us all. They switched sides, threw all their resources and expertise into helping the Kyzahs.
We won the war, eventually. The rebel Kyzah forces were defeated.
Rumors were abound for months after the final battle, the Battle of Camperdown, that the government had developed a weapon capable of destroying neo-mitochondria. But nothing was ever proven.
JC were never seen again after the war. Some speculate that they died, in the Battle of Camperdown. Others surmise that they survived the war, and now live quietly under assumed names. No-one knows the truth. No-one except one person.
But this one person now has a bigger problem on her hands… and somehow, it will lead her straight back to them…