"The mask has been passed. Sixty years ago, merciless dreams of chaos and rage transformed Wesley Dodd's existence into a restless double life, compelling him to fight in darkness as the Sandman against humanity's endless cruelties. Now, ten years after Wesley finally laid down his weapons of sleep, a new enemy is rising. And a new era of evil needs a new Sandman. Celebrated photojournalist Kieran Marshall has made a career capturing suffering and brutality on film. But he has always remained detached, a dispassionate observer -- or so he tells himself. In his latest war zone assignment, that illusion is about to be destroyed by a whirlwind of fire and pain. No longer the passive observer, Marshall finds himself at the heart of an apocalyptic struggle for the future of mankind -- one in which dreams themselves are the battlefield."--Cover