In the middle of the 21st Century, when international competition for dwindling water and power resources have led the world to the brink of war, a mad Russian physicist attempts to impose his own peace on the belligerent nations, and sets off a device meant to disarm all the radioactive material on Earth. It was supposed to work all at once, no more nuclear devices, peace for all time. But it DIDN'T work that way, and instead it plunges most of the planet into a permanent and mysterious blackout. A new, electricity-free Dark Age, from which there seems to be no escape. All except for one long stretch of North America--a hundred miles wide and three thousand miles long--through Alaska, across Canada, and down to Detroit through New York City--the power is still working and the light are still on. And the Red Rogue's device that set all this in motion, seems to have given the locals super-powers.

In the middle of the 21st Century, when international competition for dwindling water and power resources have led the world to the brink of war, a mad Russian physicist attempts to impose his own peace on the belligerent nations, and sets off a device meant to disarm all the radioactive material on Earth. It was supposed to work all at once, no more nuclear devices, peace for all time.

CISCO and PANCHO give the slavers hell as their headquarters ignite. They must work quick to free Pancho's sister & retrieve Cisco's amulet, a bitter but consuming reminder of his past, and the events that set him on this road to damnation.

Europe, 1940. The twilight of magic and the first steps of modern science as we know it. Hitler's Wehrmacht sweeps across Europe as the last creatures of myth and magic feed off of mortal suffering. It is time for Midgard's last defender to arise. What is it? Why is it doing this? When will it come for me? These are questions that the wicked will ask themselves. Questions that only can be answered by The Heap!

Richard Wentworth, the Spider, wonders if his long struggle against the forces of evil has been worth it? Should he continue, or grab for personal happiness before his time runs out? Then, at the moment he makes his decision, fate unleashes the most hellish horrors against New York City of all time!