Set in an ugly future, Greater Istanbul in the year 2076, Vinculum is the story of a book thief in pursuit of a lost esoteric text, in a world where the printed word has become vanishingly rare. Tangled in an international power struggle, pursued by remorseless corporate hit men, and shadowed by an ancient sect of assassins, Alaric McBroom swiftly discovers that book or no book, he'll be lucky to escape alive.