From the back of the book: The World of Near is a new, revised and expanded setting sourcebook for the The Shadow of Yesterday, the fantasy roleplaying game that says: No Gods - Your fate is only your own, whatever you make of it No Monsters - There are no easy solutions to problems Only People - Good and evil happen for a reason; you are it. The game is built from the ground up for the open license RPG rules set Solar System, the universal engine for heroic tales and fantastic drama.