‘From Brit Writers Award Shortlisted author James R Bowman comes a brand new instalment into his sweeping apocalyptic saga.’ Over 8900 years ago, The SERAPHIM COLLECTIVE was formed to protect the fledgling humanity from creatures who believed this world was theirs and ruled everything on it. 7500 years ago. The final cataclysmic battle against the malevolent and tyrannical Kalithine Empire took place, the Drakareth – the Dark Dragons – chain of domination was broken, though at great cost to both sides, even the victors. Present day and the SERAPHIM COLLECTIVE still protect us from the shadows, for humanity has forgotten their origins and what terrified them, but that’s about to change drastically. Two have been found this century who fulfil an ancient Drakareth vengeance prophecy, screamed in blood by a dying Drakareth seer foretelling the return of Their Malevolent Queen Kalith and her brutal Kalithine Empire.

Before General Ted Yorkbeard became the man he is today, Ted was just a Colonel, demobbed after the 2nd World War and trying desperately to juggle a fledgling business in Private Security and a neophytic private life. But his business was a paying front for Ted had worked for the SERAPHIM COLLECTIVE for many years and his business covered their activities. This day they called upon him to retrieve an ancient artefact from a burgeoning heart of darkness.

The long forgotten priests of Fenris have convened and have reinstated the Order of Ragnor. Unless Ted and his crew – on what increasingly looks like a suicide mission – can retrieve this artefact, bloody chaos will erupt and the Order will succeed and the Hounds of Fenris will arise, washing all the lands in rivers of blood, heralding the way for yet an even greater evil.