EPITOME: Book TWO of the 2ND TRIQUETRA Saga

Epitome is a dead city, cursed and abandoned-a place once magnificent, now consumed by time and chronophagy. Its ruined walls carry the echoes of forbidden experiments and ancient pagan rites, and an evil that has waited there for centuries has never truly died. The city's stones summon six figures from different folds of the Where, all connected by the Sign of the Penrose. At their center is Aldo, a successful writer nearing the end of his career, who is drawn toward Epitome in search of the setting for his final masterpiece. Instead, he finds himself caught in a lethal game whose players and rules reach far beyond ordinary reality. Ancient entities hidden among the ruins arrange an impossible chess match. As timelines converge and identities fracture, Aldo and the others must discover what happened in Epitome centuries earlier-and why the city has become the battlefield for the survival of the Demiurge and the world it forged. With every move, the distinction between ally and enemy becomes less certain. To reach the end, Aldo must confront the Adversary, the purpose of the Penrose, and the terrible cost of a story that has been unfolding across more than one Where