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Cults of Death and Madness
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1878—Doctor Archibald Shaw arrives in India with lofty intentions. He wants to make a difference in the world. As a young doctor and new officer in Her Majesty's British army, he wants nothing more than to help the local people while distinguishing himself in Queen Victoria's foreign service.
In short order, though, Shaw finds his basic concept of the world turned upside down. It begins with an ugly idol, and an evil from the dawn of time waiting to return to this world. This elder god still sleeps . . . but fitfully, and a cult long thought destroyed has come back to awaken it. They will kill anyone who gets in their way.
Everything Shaw once believed true dissolves around him, and he grasps at straws to keep his own sanity—including the desperate friendship of one young orphan boy. Will it be enough to keep him alive?
Shaw begins to realize that the fate of all humanity rests in his hands.
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“This is a good introduction to Lovecraft for those who don’t want to read Lovecraft.
It shows both facets of eldritch horror cults, one worships in a way to keep it contained while the other wants to release it.
A inanimate object that can drive you to insanity from a mere glance.
One of the big things I love about Lovecraftian cosmic horror is the insanity. Straight up these things can make you go insane from just a glance. It doesn’t even have to be a glance AT THEM, just their items of influence.
Which, again, is what makes this a good first book for those who want to start reading cosmic horror. It’s simple and straightforward in its horror and set up. The relationship between Shaw and Singh is perfect. Two culturally different people who wind up teaching each other.
This also includes the short story that inspired the book, elaborating more on Shaw and Singh. I do have the second book in this series, I hope we get more of these two in it.”
About John Haas
John Haas is a Canadian author, born and raised in Montreal before moving to Calgary, where he lived for twelve wonderful years. Now he lives in Canada's capital, Ottawa, but still misses seeing those Rocky Mountains in the distance.John has been writing for most of his life, but only became serious about being published in the last decade or so. In that time, he has published twenty short stories in various venues, including Writers of the Future volume 35. His first three novels have also been released-The Reluctant Barbarian (2017), The Wayward Spider (2019) and The Unavoidable Quests (2020), a fun and humorous fantasy trilogy.Currently he is hard at work on the next novel of Shaw and Singh's struggles against the forces of darkness.His goal is to become a full-time writer (rich and famous would be nice too, but not the main goal).He lives with his two wonderful sons who continue to give him motivation, support and time to write.
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