Temporal is an epic tale of high adventure and dark intrigue that spans the course of Earth’s existence. The reader is guided through the midst of savage battles, waged eons ago, by a mystical pre-human race; only to be thrust into the future to bear witness to Mankind’s last, desperate attempt to reunite a decaying society in time to prevent the implosion of the known universe.
The correlation between these two critical moments in time is provided in the form of several three-issue story acs. The series chronicles the struggle of a central figure on a quest for answers that winds its way through many diverse periods in human history.
The protagonist of Temporal is a darkly enigmatic man of action who calls himself DaoRoch. The archetypical anti-hero, he’s an edgy drifter who is, at once, an honorable warrior and an unpredictable loner, beholden to no code of moral absolutes. The last of his kind, and able to exist in different eras, he provides the link between a lost race of ancient Earth and the murky future of humankind, circa 2500 AD.
DaoRoch is on a mission to locate seven magical books that, in the wrong hands, could trigger a catastrophic chain of events involving the expansion of wormholes and the evaporation of our reality. The books were penned in secret when the world was young, by rogue members of an ancient species called the Queterrik. DaoRoch’s connection to this species, and hence, the books as well, is revealed throughout the length of the series. It becomes clear early on that DaoRoch stands to gain personally in some way by acquiring these books. As a result, one must wonder if DaoRoch is truly a selfless champion of Earth’s preservation, or if saving the planet is just a convenient bi-product of his quest for power.
For a long time, the books – whose magic inspired the greatest tectonic events, billions of years ago – remained idle, each one buried on a separate continent. Many millennia later, the books were found by the first civilizations. Independently of one another, secret societies formed, each with an ancient, magical book at its center. For a variety of reasons, the books have been kept secret from mainstream society by their keepers, some of whom can be found pulling the strings, at the foundation-level, of the world’s superpowers.
Throughout human history, DaoRoch tracks the seven books. From ancient Egypt to America’s Wild West and beyond, he will systematically infiltrate the world’s various circles of power, in search of the books and his own destiny. Take a journey through the ages and discover why…