Following the events of Dark Nexus: Reign, mysterious temporal storms begin tearing across Earth-616. Entire cities vanish for seconds before reappearing altered. When the time-conquering warlord Kang the Conqueror arrives from a dying future and declares himself Earth's rightful ruler, the world's heroes unite against an enemy who has already studied every victory and defeat they will ever experience. As Kang establishes a global empire spanning centuries of history, the Avengers and their allies must wage a desperate war across time itself to prevent the birth of an eternal dynasty.