The world beneath your feet is far more crowded than you know.

Compiled by Hector Brannon — Chief Archivist of EarthWorks, and inconveniently deceased — The Codex of EarthWorks is the definitive guide to every race, creature, and magical phenomenon lurking in the shadows of the beloved Nickle Brickle'Bee series. From the floating districts of EarthWorks to the frozen peaks of Nord Island, from the FireWall that imprisons the Demon Brood to the grey tide of the Blight consuming the Land of the Beasts, this companion volume maps a world of staggering depth and breathtaking danger.

Inside you will find the intelligent races — Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Vampires, Faeries, and dozens more — their histories, powers, politics, and centuries of unresolved grievances. You will find the creatures and beasts that don't care about any of that. You will find the legendary figures whose ancient choices still echo through the present, and the magical conditions and phenomena that refuse to be neatly classified.

Read carefully. Read critically.

And if something in these pages begins to move — close the book immediately.