It's the second atomic age. The scientists have seized control of the world and the minds of men. Fear is the new religion and thinking is the first sin. All humanity is gripped in a seething atmosphere of deadly dictators, perverse priests, wandering warlocks and supernatural scientists. The rule of slavery prevails.
Then the Witches' Revolt plunges the Second Civilization into a mad struggle for survival that is at once terribly tragic and wildly comic. Now it's up to Jarles - the fumbling renegade priest - to invoke the eerie power that will stagger the balance of an entire planet.
