In 1873, Kevin Hollingsbeck's fortune ran out, and he and his companions came face to face with a being whose very essence was corruption, the Great Dissolution.
Buro Durkierna set in motion the destruction of the world, inadvertently summoning the all-consuming Possessed Realm, ruled by the terrible Witch of the Defiled, Jazael. Now he seeks death as redemption. Unbeknownst to him, however, other forces seek him also, some to destroy him, others to save him. For it is only the hand that set in motion the destruction of the world that can save it.
An eyewitness account of the last days of a dying world, told from the view of a young man in an alien galaxy who sees his life unraveling, and his entire society, after strange signs begin appearing in the night sky, which act as harbingers for what is to come.