2038. The world has transformed from dream to nightmare. Gargoyle-likefigures observe the streets from the rooftops. Many of the huge warehouses havebecome hotbeds for sinister beings, only possible in a perturbed mind ordirectly extracted from atavistic terrors. Ironically, New York remains theemblem of the world. Decimated of inhabitants, decrepit and ruinous metropolis,yet at the same time infected by new residents impossible to define in wagingthe final war. At the heart of this fatal scenario: Luz, her sword Malefic, andlots of questions. Apocalypse is only the beginning of the most ambitious work by Luis Royo andRomulo Royo, who launch themselves into creating the fantasy universe ofMalefic Time with three illustration books.