OBLIVION AND BEYOND
Breaking a bargain with a god is impossible, or so they say.
Which means Hannah is Cthulhu's forever. But she still hasn't learned to use her powers at will and old Tentacle Face isn't happy about it. His minions drop Hannah at Cain's doorstep with o
Harry Dresden Meets Jack Reacher.
📕 Cain used to kill for the fae. The only human to become a member of the Oblivion Guard, he killed one time too many and had enough. Leaving it all behind wasn't as easy as turning in a resignation. But the fae had trained him too well and couldn't stop him.
Now a tracker for an assassination and bounty hunting agency, Cain doesn't kill anymore. When his mission to track a teenage girl goes horribly wrong, he and the girl end up on the run from powerful forces the likes of which he's never seen before.
That's because the fae have been hiding a terrible secret. The gods aren't dead. In fact, they're very much alive and killing humans they deem too powerful to survive. The girl is in their crosshairs and now he is too.
To make matters worse, Cain discovers he's dying from the curse of Cthulhu. The cure? Eating a living, beating unicorn heart. Cain thought unicorns were extinct, but a mystery party offers him salvation: a unicorn for the assassination of the leader of the Mages Guild.
With the gods, the fae, and the rest of the supernatural world hunting the hunter, the odds don't look good. But Cain has survived too much to give up now. And the high and mighty are about to find out what real fear feels like.
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"There are parts very reminiscent of the Dresden Files Series."
"The story moves quickly without a slow-burn intro."
"The first of the UF genre to tell their own sotry without trying to make it Dresden Files on amphetamines."
"Absolutely loved this book. Can highly recommend it. Was fast paced, but showed depth of characters so you were totally immersed in the book."
"I appreciate all the nerd culture references."
"Unexpected twists and turns in the plot, and the MC had to use some actual thought process for problem solving."
"A unique view of the supernatural world. Well written with an interesting anti hero protagonist to keep things moving, and riveting."
"Great story. Plenty of twists and turns. Good character building."
Bow before Cthulhu and read the Chronicles of Cain.
rders—make her useful in a month, or she dies. Cain isn't sure what's worse—damning her to an eternity serving Cthulhu, or letting her die. No matter what he does, he'll lose her.
But a wizard and a dwarf have a proposition: Trade Cthulhu something of greater power than a demigoddess. It just so happens they know exactly where to find such a thing—on a dead world the gods abandoned eons ago. The world of Oblivion was created before Gaia. A war between the gods destroyed most life and left it a desolate, dangerous wasteland.
Hidden somewhere on that world is the lost armory of Hephaestus. It is said to contain super weapons created by the blacksmith of the gods. If Cain can locate it and procure such a weapon, Cthulhu might be willing to make a trade. There are others also looking for the armory. Among them are the mechanists, a faction that despises magic and wants to destroy the gods with their own super weapons. Their clockwork devices are unlike anything Cain has faced before, and they're the least of his worries.
But Hannah saved Cain by trading her freedom for his life, and that's one debt Cain will do anything to pay back.
