Time of the Beast
The clash between Christianity and paganism in a dark and hostile world is at the heart of Time of the Beast.
In the Dark Ages, Athwold, a young monk, leaves his monastery in disgrace, to seek spiritual redemption by becoming a hermit in the wild expanse of the dismal Fenlands. Here he experiences love, desire and also horror, leading him to join the warrior-monk Cadroc in his quest to hunt down a brutal and mysterious killer — supposedly a demon which stalks in the remotest reaches of the marshes, but whose true nature remains ominously unknown. It is a journey which takes Athwold deep into a world of pagan superstition and terror, on a blood-cursed trail of rage, revenge and madness; and to his final confrontation with darkness — both his own and the world's.
Time of the Beast will appeal strongly to readers who like a dash of horror in their historical fiction and anyone interested in the Dark Ages and the Fens.
- Author
- Geoff Smith
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 236
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781909232365
- Genres
- horror
- Release date
- 2014
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