Books in the Short Reads series

Imagine if you will, a world where our history pages have been smudged, ever so slightly. A world where places and people sort of, well...differ from our current reality.

Mankind had conquered the stars...sculpted alien worlds to their whim...assumed they were the kings of all they surveyed. But now, a darkness spreads-from above and beneath-and mankind will soon realise they are but a temporary blip in the history of the universe.Nemo Carter is a humble marine biologist tasked with figuring out why the whale-like Bake-kujira keep beaching themselves. Concerned that the odd behaviour may spell the end for the terraformed world of Tindalous, he sets out alone to follow the animals deep into the sea.What he finds there is infinitely more threatening and terrifying than the environmental collapse his research had envisioned.

What if I told you that the creatures from Lovecraft's stories are real?Creatures from another realm, woven into stories at a time where such revelations of truth would have seen Lovecraft locked away in an asylum. To the mere mortal his work is a collection of fiction, but what about the reader, the one who can see beyond the tales and can see these creatures amongst us? That one is the Chosen One.The one who can release Cthulhu from the depths of the ocean.What would you do as the Chosen One? Would you open the world to Cthulhu, thus condemning all to death, or would you sacrifice yourself to save humanity?I was chosen, and now I must decide.I do not have much time...

Nick Holleran, private detective, thought he had life figured out. Until the day he died. Holleran woke to the horrifying truth. Hell is Earth, and the demons live among us. Taking the cases others won't, Holleran is plunged into an investigation that forces him to confront his past. Revenge is a sin, and the price is high. For Nick Holleran, work is hell; and this time it's personal.