Dawn of Heresies
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Rawhead and bloody bones
Steals naughty children from their homes¸
Takes them to his dirty den
And they are never seen again.
So says the nursery rhyme that gives birth to Rawhead¸ the most fearsome entity to imperil the living since the infamous Roller. Once an obedient mummy by name of Benefre¸ a desperate bid by his cult fails in tragic fashion¸ and in so doing¸ sends him to the Devourerís waiting¸ corruptive maw. What remains of Benefreís ambitious soul rises again¸ impure and unholy¸ set to the execution of a scheme so baleful¸ it constitutes a heresy even among his own misbegotten kind.
All that stands between Rawhead and his terrible aim are a lone mummy¸ Kemsiyet¸ and what little remains of her cult following its destruction at Rawhead's hands. Declan¸ her prized security aide¸ and Fiona¸ an Irish researcher only just recently inducted into the cult and its blood-soaked world¸ must fight both the odds and the clock in order to prevent a calamity the likes of which the world hasnít seen since the days of the mummies' creation.
About the Author:
BRIAN HODGE is the acclaimed author of 11 novels¸ almost 125 short stories¸ and four full-length collections. His first collection¸ The Convulsion Factory¸ was ranked by critic Stanley Wiater among the 113 best books of modern horror. Heís currently wrapping up his fifth¸ The Immaculate Void. Among gamers¸ he is perhaps best known as the author of the first official Hellboy novel¸ On Earth as It Is in Hell.
Recent works include "The Weight of the Dead¸" from Tor¸ and novelettes of cosmic horror in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu and Children of Lovecraft. His oft-reprinted 2013 novella¸ "The Same Deep Waters as You" has recently been optioned by a London-based production studio for development for television. Brian lives in Colorado.
Dawn of Heresies is his first roleplaying game novel.
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