Grimoires & Gunsmoke
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In Grimoires & Gunsmoke, fantasy collides with the modern world in an epic struggle for power and survival. An emperor born from divinity and a dragon, holds aspirations for his own ascension into godhood. In a twisted act of ambition, the emperor orchestrates a deceitful pact with a devil, setting in motion a quest to harness unclaimed souls from another realm. His pathway to divine ascent takes an unexpected turn when a rift opens up in Ohio, bringing him face-to-face with a resilient human community unprepared to bow to a new deity.
As magic clashes with machinery in the skies and fields of Ohio, alliances are tested, friendships forged, and the true cost of ambition laid bare. Witness a battle where the fate of worlds hangs in the balance.
Will the emperor's ruthless quest for power triumph, or will the unrelenting machines of humanity prevail?
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