Sam Rossi had saved the world, forcing Jacob Magnus and the few surviving members of the Board into hiding. He'd hoped this last death would have made a difference, stopped the Coming that was set to end the existence of all mankind. Unfortunately, he'd only delayed the inevitable. Now, the fallen and the demons of legend were freely crossing the decaying barrier between dimensions, drawn by the unearthly pull of Jacob Magnus. Twenty-five years later, a new Board, rechristened the Conclave, has been built on the ruins of the old. This time, however, the vindictive and sinister Magnus has grander plans. Rather than simply defeating his old enemy, he has sworn to humiliate and use him as his final answer, a pawn in his own version of a Second Coming.