IN THE BEGINNING, the supernatural walk among us in secret. The world is as we know it.

And then the war comes.

And then the bombs fall.

And the world is never the same.

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS LATER, something new has emerged from the ruins of the old world.

A blended culture of magic and technology has risen, with the supernatural and the nonmagical working together to survive monstrosities spawned by combined nuclear and magical cataclysms.

But harmony can only last so long, or run so deep. Crime syndicates run entire districts. Each day and night brings a new assault on the city’s defenses from the monsters beyond its doors.

And in the midst of it all, the fae — who shut their doors during the nuclear armageddon — return to discover an Earth ripe with magic and conflict and in desperate need of power.

NOW[/b], tensions rise and danger lurks on the horizon. This time, we may not be so lucky.