In a world where the lights have gone out, one man must wake the sleeping god. The last survivor of an ancient bloodline, Flane carries the weight of a dead civilization on his shoulders. Around him, the ruins of a once-mighty empire lie fractured under the rule of barbarian warlords and savage factions. But Flane knows the secret of the Machine-God, a slumbering deity of impossible technology that could reunite the scattered kingdoms under one banner. The Klarn seek the same power, and they will kill anyone who stands between them and domination. What follows is a desperate journey through treacherous wastelands, a test of heritage against hopelessness, and the question of whether one man can restore what an age of darkness nearly destroyed. Gardner F. Fox writes with the kinetic verve of pulp's golden age, propelling readers through a world where ancient machines still hum with forgotten purpose and every sunrise could be the last.
