gives you a good foundation for what the end of the mythic age looked like before the order of reason emerged. it's not really a game i'll ever probably run, but it's well-written and has plenty of historical detail for mage the ascension/mage the sorcerer's crusade storytellers. i don't like that it expects you to already own dark ages: vampire for character creation details, but if you've run or played a WoD game before, that shouldn't be a big problem.