Lucifer's War, which damned legions of angels to Hell, is an ancient
and bitter memory shrouded in the smoke and ash of the Inferno. The
Fallen, those banished demons who escaped the full wrath of Heaven,
have established a limitless and oppressive kingdom within the fiery
confines of Hell. Lucifer has not been seen since the Fall and the
mantle of rulership has been passed to the horrific Prince Beelzebub,
the Lord of the Flies.
The Demons Major, Heaven's former warriors, have
become the ruling class. They are the equivalent to landed lords, each
owing allegiance to the de facto ruler of Hell. They reign over their
fiefdoms, tormenting the damned souls and adding to their wealth.
One
Demon Major, however, who has not forgotten his former life in Heaven.
The powerful Lord Sargatanas is restless. For millennia Sargatanas has
ruled dutifully but unenthusiastically, building his city,
Adamantinarx, into the model of an Infernal metropolis. But he has
never forgotten what he lost in the Fall – proximity to God. He is
sickened by what he has become.
Now, with a small event – a confrontation
with one of the damned souls – he makes a decision that will reverberate
through every being in Hell. Sargatanas decides to attempt the
impossible, to rebel, to endeavor to go Home and bring with him anyone
who chooses to follow... be they demon or soul. He will stake
everything on this chance for redemption.
