The Fall of Iram of the Pillars: Aberrant Journey

He was sent to save a city. But the city was waiting for him.Andreas Riversong - reluctant elven scholar turned spellblade, and the most underqualified expert ever sent to a city - has been dispatched across the seas to Arhabon, a vast Arabian-inspired continent where ancient powers stir beneath its endless sands. His mission: investigate the eldritch catastrophe that has consumed its famed city of Iram of the Pillars, the once-magnificent imperial trade hub of the continent now swallowed by something that defies all comprehension.But Iram is no ruin, as it has awakened.For its streets now shimmer with an alien iridescence that smells of cotton candy as it writhes beneath one's skin. Its shadows giggle. Its dreams are pleasant - and that is what's wrong... very wrong. For everything about this incursion is designed to welcome you in, to make you feel safe, to lull you in ever closer to something vast, incomprehensible, and hungry that wears the city like a harlequin's mask.Andreas was only given three months to prepare. One month of education. One of combat. One of experience. Then bequeathed an eldritch blade - and the insight that he has discovered just enough to understand exactly how truly outmatched he is.He is not the chosen one.He is all they had.This is not a hero's journey. This is the hunter's journey - and the hunter has just become the hunted.For readers of Shannon Chakraborty's Daevabad Trilogy, Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, and Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy. A dark heroic fantasy of djinn, scarab-folk, and cosmic horror — perfect for fans of Bloodborne, Lovecraftian weird fiction, and lore-rich tabletop RPG campaigns. Read more