Bücher der Reihe The Old World Saga

BEWARE OF SPOILERS AHEAD! This novella is designed to be read after FALL SILVER ARTEMIS and before IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUNDERED KING!The end of THE OLD WORLD SAGA begins beneath STRANGE LIGHTS in an alien sky...From Australian author Joel Preston comes a cosmic adventure that takes his series into realms beyond the universe... THE OLD WORLD SAGA embraces the Cthulhu mythos in this tale about the things beyond both gods and angels that linger in the dark.It first happened in THE WENDIGO INCIDENT, when US NAVY SEAL Patrick Leeson (aka Neanderthal) read from a mysterious black book to distract the monstrous wendigo and save the life of Joshua Dare. What he summoned that day was just a glimpse of the horrors that lie waiting beyond the known universe. The room shook as eyes and tentacles appeared, before vanishing almost as quickly.Then, in FALL SILVER ARTEMIS, professor Malcolm Selleck used a similar black book to summon an Eldritch abomination in the games of Skrymir. It was that same book that a civilian, Randall Dare, had been studying before his disappearance... Right at the end of that story, Randall Dare reappeared unexpectedly in the destruction of Sydney Harbour, before the demonic Cthulhu. And he had some friends with him. STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE DARK WORLD is the story of how Randall got there.Now, in this novella, we follow Randall Dare as he opens a wormhole to a planet called the Dark World. Thrust into this story of magic and supernatural terrors by sheer blood association, Randall becomes stuck outside the universe, looking for a way back in. An alien army is waking up, and it looks like they have their sights set on Planet Earth.Luckily, with Randall is another lost soul, Patrick Leeson. Together, they will encounter one of humanities most revered religious figures, also stranded in the Dark World. With Jesus of Nazareth on their side, and a particularly fearsome T-Rex, the stage is set for the coming war against the Star Spawn and their Great Old One leader.- THE BLURB -Randall Dare put his mathematical skills to the test by solving a complex alien equation in a mysterious black book. Rather unexpectedly, the young physics prodigy opened a portal to a dimension outside the physical universe.Stuck in a realm called the Dark World, Randall must navigate ancient ruins, alien armies and monsters to get back home. He learns that his Australian colleagues are on their way to a sunken city where a horrible cosmic god lies sleeping. Because of him, they might be on the verge of waking it up. With the help of the citizens of the Dark World, including a sixty-five million year old dinosaur, the race is on for Randall to work out how to cross dimensions and deliver valuable information for the coming fight.Only, he isn't the only human trapped out there. US Navy SEAL Patrick Leeson, aka Neanderthal, has arrived too. Along with humanity's most famous religious figure, Randall has to figure out how to get them all back to Earth. And time is ticking...

Jesse Billiau has fled into the dark of the forests of Vietnam, with his enemy by his side.Not only is hunted by different factions with sinister purpose, but even the beasts of the wood turn their hungry eyes on him.Another has also turned his deathly gaze upon the Australian. Who is the mysterious Baron Samedi, and why does he continue to haunt Jesse after each full moon massacre?THE OLD WORLD SAGA continues directly on from BOOK ONE: IN THE SHADOW OF MONSTROUS THINGS with this novella!From Australian Author Joel Preston comes a late addition to the early story of THE OLD WORLD SAGA, bridging the gap in Jesse's journey between BOOK ONE and BOOK THREE. This is a dark story of self-doubt and the struggle to survive in isolation as Jesse tries to remove himself from the civilised world. He can't let them beast within him harm the innocent, though can do little to stop it...- THE BLURB -Surviving the deadly bite of a werewolf and fearing a life in chains, Jesse Billiau is on the run. With an unlikely ally at his side, Jesse flees into the wilds of Vietnam with the Australian Government hot on his heels. His escape goes awry when he is captured by drug-runners and moved to a secretive compound deep in the forest.He has one advantage his foes don't know. When the full moon shines the beast within is released, and Jesse becomes a herald of death and destruction. But when he sees what he's done, Jesse questions whether he can live with the consequences of his actions. In his moment of utmost despair, the God of Death, Baron Samedi, reveals to Jesse that his suffering is needed for greater events to come.Can Jesse survive the predators of the jungle while he fights the monster inside? Can he embrace his new nature, or must he forever live in fear of the full moon?THIS NOVELLA is designed to be read after THE OLD WORLD SAGA BOOK TWO: RISE GOLDEN APOLLO and before THE WENDIGO INCIDENT: AN OLD WORLD SAGA NOVELLA.