The darkness descended suddenly. There was no warning, no sense of foreboding, no scent of foul tidings on the wind. It was just suddenly there. The Temple of Apep, the desert God of All Evil, had been abandoned for a thousand years but when the shadow of malevolence began to spread across the sands, it was in all directions from the forsaken shrine. Amias Teagan, a being of exceptional power, cruelty and self-righteous evil, is in possession of one of the most powerful artifacts in the history of the world - the Tome of the First Gate. Permanently translated in the Common Tongue, it is ready to be used to open the First Gate of the Abyss - the Gate to Abaddon. Amias has every intention of doing so and unleashing the daemon Destruction upon the world of Kore and all the Material Realm. The only people who know of his plan and are willing to go to any lengths to stop him, have no idea where he is. The only man who knows where he is, has no chance of stopping him. The race is on. The clock is ticking. And the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance.