You wake in a strange room.

Your clothes are foreign and the walls are covered in objects from a different world.

You don't know where or when you are, or if you're still dreaming.

There are footsteps in the hall.

Jumping up, you race out of the room and into the streets.

You have just entered the Twilight Histories.

You have entered the Twilight Histories. You have entered the Twilight Histories, an audio adventure that casts you as the hero. You will travel to fascinating, wondrous, and sometimes terrifying worlds in the multiverse.

A Carthaginian base on Mars. Egypt locked in an Ice Age, a Roman Empire that

never fell. With the help of music and sound effects, each episode you will be immersed in

an expansive multiverse. Today, you will explore the Bronze Age world of the ancient Sumerians, the cradle of civilization.

But this is not our world. This is a world out of time. And in the multiverse, strange things can

happen. When you're done listening to this story, please join us on Patreon, where you will hear a bonus show

that will expand this world. When you sign up to Patreon, you'll help support our hard-working

podcasters who build these incredible shows for you, month after month,

year after year. Listen right to the end of today's show so you can hear a sample of what

you'll experience when you sign up. And now for today's show, this is The Ruin of King Ad by Kevin Valbenese.

That which is not dead may eternal lie, and with strange yons, even death may die.

Forgive me, I have a fondness for the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

His short stories were my introduction to the world of the ancient Near East, you see,

though I have long left behind the dreams of slithering shadows and slumbering elder gods.

But what we do here really does challenge the imagination more than any prose ever could.

Wouldn't you agree?

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