The world of Monochromist mirrors our own reality, with one key exception: mechs are living beings with their own unique physiology and biology. They were not created by humans, but have existed alongside them since the beginning. Furthermore, a small percentage of the human population has always been, and will always be, susceptible to the Monochromist.
A town inhabited exclusively by mechs. The only exceptions are humans with full or partial monochromism across their bodies, and the half-breed children that inevitably result from unions with monochromists.
The main events of the story revolve around the Liddell family.