It's been over ten generations since the last world ended. In the many years since, books were best used to keep fires burning, bullets and beautiful things have become scarce and coveted, and new factions have risen from the broken remnants of ancient armies and the ashes of a forgotten time... Now, amidst a new age of industrial expansion, the most powerful factions race to harness new might with devastating capabilities. As the threat of continental war grows, something grimmer grows with it in the silent, dark recesses of The World Anew.
It is here that this series of loosely related stories takes place – some insignificant, some monumental. The World Anew is a continent divided. Esthica, to the East, is ruled by the Praetic Just, a theocratic empire of rigid strength and obedience. To the West are the Conjuncts of Rhote, a fragile alliance of six unified fiefdoms. Caught in the space between these two powerful factions, are the Barrens and the Struggle — lawless and disputed lands loyal to no regime — and the Heart, dead center of it all. Arcane and curious, the Heart is a vestige of peace and knowledge, and within its mystery might lie the only hope of keeping whatever lurks in the dark confined to the shadows.
