The Mist meets a gritty prequel to The Elfstones of Shannara, The Infernal Age: Demon Gate is a nail-biting take on the death of the modern age and the birth of something darker.

Gabriel Rodriguez, an ex-soldier-turned-project-manager with anger issues, is sent to a remote desert town in New Mexico, charged with keeping a failed government experiment secret, secure, and stable. Here, he meets Tam Sinclair, an oddly philosophical scientist who endeavors to help him in his mission. But as they settle into a bantering friendship, things go catastrophically wrong–and the results are far worse than anyone could ever have imagined.

As the containment fails, the truth is revealed–the experiment has punched a hole through to another reality allowing demon-like aliens to pass through, bringing their realm’s fundamental laws of physics with them. The world is plunged into horror as the creatures rampage through their new hunting grounds. All technology fails and many begin to sicken and die. Still reeling from the shock of their changed reality, Gabriel and Tam encounter a traumatized yet incredibly resilient woman who takes the nickname Ripley. Together, the three embark on an odyssey to get vital data to the experiment’s authors in Los Angeles in hopes of mitigating the disaster. As they travel together, battle demons, give aid to some survivors and fight others, each of them realizes that they are manifesting unsettling powers which, while helping them, also threaten to estrange them from their humanity.

An apocalyptic blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, The Infernal Age - Demon Gate is book one of a debut series by author Anson Joaquín. Join Gabriel, Tam, and Ripley as they are confronted by the end of the world they knew and start their quest to set things right, or failing that, at least to stay alive… and stay human.