Introduction: A nuclear engineer's death at CERN was just the beginning. Now Rupert Wright is trapped in a world of decaying magic and forbidden science, where a blood-red sun looms over a crumbling empire. But he has an edge鈥攈is gifted vision can see the sub-atomic fabric of reality itself. Partnered with a perpetually drunk kung-fu master and hunted by power-hungry nobles, our hero must master the impossible fusion of modern science and ancient alchemy in a race to unlock the devastating power of long-lost technology as reality tears apart and mutant horrors stalk the shadows....