The Neon Court Transfer to B founder of the greatest empire

founder of the greatest empire the world has ever known

and plans to open the Way between the Worlds

A score of centuries has passed since the First Apocalypse and the thoughts of men have turned

Somewhere out there is a power that will do anything to prevent him growing up

The intricate structure of a Shellworld - an arti­ficial planet of spheres-within-spheres - is matched only by the machinations of its inhabitants

The Neon Court Transfer to B founder of the greatest empireWhen the city was founded, he was the mad native spirit that waited in the dark, on the edge of the torchlight. When the streets were cobbled over, he became the footsteps heard on stone that you cannot see. When the Victorians introduced street lighting, he was the shadow who always shied away from the light, and when the gas went out, there he was. The shadow at the end of the alley, the footsteps half heard in the night. A daimyo of the Neon Court