Introduction: What Secrets Lie in the Blood of a Man Who Bargained with Monsters?Devon Fiore believed he’d inherited only two things from his mafioso grandfather: a scar beneath his jawline and enemies eager to kill him over unpaid debts. Until an impossible act of cruelty—a forest sprouting in the heart of Brooklyn, trees whispering in dead languages—dragged him into an ancient game where entire civilizations are pawns and gods place silent bets.  Here, there are no written rules. Only shadows of a forgotten pact binding the Fiores to the Eon Devourers, entities that feast on realities. To survive, Devon must rely on the only skills he knows: manipulate, fight, betray, and unravel the hidden threads weaving the multiverse.  Yet every truth he uncovers pulls him closer to a lethal question:  Was his grandfather a willing accomplice… or a sacrificial pawn?...