Mattia Simone

Darkness casts a lengthening shadow over the Vulcanverse, threatening all who dwell in the five realms. Queen Nyx, with her dread sons Death and Sleep at her side, unleashes a devastating war that will sweep away both gods and titans and leave her the unchallenged monarch of all creation. You set out on a perilous journey on which you must hone your skills, win over allies, and gather the secrets that will make you into the Hero of the Age, the only mortal capable of opposing the Night Queen. Traverse the vast expanse of Vulcan's world, confronting battle-hardened foes and cunning rivals at every turn. You will make friends for whom you are willing to risk everything and enemies whose treachery will make your blood boil. Restore the fortunes of ruined lands, giving heart to their people, as you encounter gods and monsters and unravel mysteries that may hold the key to your destiny. Among your many fantastic experiences you will be drawn into worlds steeped in sinister dream and dark myth. Are you ready to brave the grimy alleyways of the criminal underworld and the treacherous intrigues of the great palaces? To plunge back through time to take part in the eternal battle and to witness the first dawn? To set sail across the celestial void? Are you willing to face murderous androids that can kill with a scream? Can you outrun the terrible hounds of death? And do you have the courage and tenacity to break through the skin of existence to find the workshop of the gods where new realities are born? * * * In the Vulcanverse series you can begin in any region and travel freely back and forth between the books to pursue your quests. Your actions have consequences that endure, forging relationships with friends and foes alike as you carve your legend across the annals of the world. Embark now on an odyssey of epic proportions where the fate of worlds hangs in the balance and only you can determine the outcome.

Vulcan City is a place of striking contrasts. A metropolis where marble palaces and gilded rooftops soar against the sky, whose walls and towers seem to approaching travellers like the flanks of mountains, where gold and jewels overflow the coffers of wily merchants, and where nobles in silk finery indulge in epicurean pleasures to rival the banquets of Olympus.But it is also a place of teeming streets and plazas where cutthroats and spies hide themselves amid the crowds, where narrow alleyways can lead to stinking, maze-like warrens where the unwary visitor is soon as lost as in the deepest wood. In candlelit taverns you may overhear whispered secrets that can make a fortune or ruin a reputation. And here in the magnificent hub at the center of the Vulcanverse, life is often as cheap as a trinket sold on a marketplace stall.Meet up again with old friends and bitter enemies. Uncover long-buried secrets, hunt down thieves and murderers, wrestle with demons, cross swords with assassins, join criminal gangs - even come face to face with the specter of your own death. Visit the puppet shows where you'll find hints about the fate of a universe. Seek counsel from the oracle who is privy to the insight of the gods - if you can afford it. Venture into the prison that holds the cleverest man alive, knowing that you must either befriend him or kill him. Lay claim if you can to a mansion brimming with treasures and traps. Rise in society, making alliances among the ruling factions. And attend the glittering party at Vulcan's palace, whose location is hidden from the eyes of ordinary mortals, where you will set out on a perilous journey through space and time to reach the crucial, cataclysmic battle between light and darkness towards which all your choices have been leading.This is the city where all possibilities meet, where destinies are made, where the fate of the Vulcanverse will finally be decided.