The Last Days of Jericho - Softcover

Brookside, Thomas

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9781452878423: The Last Days of Jericho

Synopsis

True horror is the knowledge that fate has turned against you.

A monster is approaching the Bronze Age city of Yarich.

It cannot be stopped. It cannot be turned aside.

And the monster is…God Himself.

Sakal, caravan-master to the "Melek" or king of the Canaanite city-state, recounts the tale of the increasingly desperate battle for survival waged by his people against fanatical outsiders – nomads from the desert wielding a terrible supernatural power. As an incomprehensible cosmic force approaches, the city dwellers slowly lose all that they have loved - including, finally, their humanity.

A twist in point of view transforms the Old Testament tale of the fall of Jericho into Lovecraftian horror.

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