Professor Piers Knight is an esteemed curator at the Brooklyn Museum and is regarded by many on the staff as a revered institution of his own if not an outright curiosity. Knightβs portfolio includes lost civilizations; arcane cultures, languages, and belief; and more than a little bit of the history of magic and mysticism.
WhatΒ his contemporaries don't knowΒ is that in addition to being a scholar of all things ancient he isΒ schooled in the uses of magical artifacts, the teachings of forgotten deities, and the threats of unseen dangers.
If a mysterious object surfaces, Professor Knight makes it his job to figure it out--and make sure it stays out ofΒ dangerous hands.
A contemporary on an expedition in the Middle East callsΒ Knight's attention to aΒ mysteriousΒ object in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum β¦Β just beforeΒ it becomes the target of a sorcerous attack that leads to a siege on a local precinct house by a fire elemental.
What looks like an ordinary inscribed stone may unlock an otherworldly Armageddon that certain dark powers are all too eager to bring about--and only Piers Knight stands in their way.
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