The Drums of Chaos

<p><strong>CAN A HANDFUL OF HEROES STOP AN APOCALYPSE CENTURIES IN THE MAKING?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Escaped gladiator-slave Simon of Gitta returns to Judea - during the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth - on a mission to avenge the deaths of his parents seeking revenge in blood against the Roman officials who committed the murders and sold Simon into slavery.</p><p> </p><p>But as Simon travels the Holy Lands with his mentor Dositheus and their students Menander and llione they gradually become entangled in a complex occult plot designed to call down a monstrous alien entity to herald a new aeon on Earth. The mysterious time traveler John Taggart (from Tierney's The Winds of Zarr) also becomes involved with Simon as their separate quests converge toward a common goal of saving all life on Earth from extinction.</p><p> </p><p>But can a handful of travelers really thwart a covert scheme backed by the power of the Roman Empire? As the apocalyptic supernatural events slowly unfold Simon and his allies are in a race against time to prevent the devastation of the world.</p><p> </p><p>Using mystery cults and early Christian Gnosticism as his vehicle with meticulously researched Roman history and Biblical scholarship this is author Richard Tierney's magnum opus: an epic Lovecraftian alternate history dark fantasy novel that features Tierney's most famous characters Simon of Gitta and John Taggart. This novel will appeal to fans of historical fantasy and sword & sorcery fiction in the vein of Robert E. Howard and the elements of cosmic horror and the Cthulhu Mythos will satisfy many fans of H.P. Lovecraft.</p>