THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi’s themselves…
THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul’s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind’s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself…
THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi’s themselves…
THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul’s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind’s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself…
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Spanning epic space opera, historical horror, and hard-boiled crime fiction, multi-genre literature gained a distinct voice when speculative fiction found new breadth in the late twentieth century. Born on April 4, 1948, Dan Simmons established his reputation as an author capable of navigating complex literary structures across radically different genres, earning major awards in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
His breakthrough work in science fiction, Hyperion, reimagined classical narrative structures within a rich far-future universe, earning widespread acclaim and cementing his position in modern speculative fiction.
Daniel Joseph Simmons grew up in Peoria, Illinois, and various towns across the Midwest. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wabash College in 1970, receiving a national Phi Beta Kappa Award for excellence in fiction, journalism, and art, followed by a Master's degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis in 1971. Before becoming a full-time author, Simmons worked in elementary education for 18 years, teaching in Missouri, New York, and Colorado. His early career culminated in his debut novel Song of Kali (1985), which won the World Fantasy Award and launched a prolific publishing career that eventually spanned 27 countries.
Simmons is notable for combining rigorous genre tropes with deep literary allusions, frequently drawing inspiration from classical poetry, history, and mythology. His works seamlessly blend elements of sci-fi, dark fantasy, suspense, and historical detail into cohesive narratives. Beyond epic space operas like the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium and Olympos duology, Simmons has written hard-hitting mystery thrillers featuring the recurring character Joe Kurtz, as well as horror classics such as Carrion Comfort and Summer of Night.
16 books in catalog
Spanning epic space opera, historical horror, and hard-boiled crime fiction, multi-genre literature gained a distinct voice when speculative fiction found new breadth in the late twentieth century. Born on April 4, 1948, Dan Simmons established his reputation as an author capable of navigating complex literary structures across radically different genres, earning major awards in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
His breakthrough work in science fiction, Hyperion, reimagined classical narrative structures within a rich far-future universe, earning widespread acclaim and cementing his position in modern speculative fiction.
Daniel Joseph Simmons grew up in Peoria, Illinois, and various towns across the Midwest. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wabash College in 1970, receiving a national Phi Beta Kappa Award for excellence in fiction, journalism, and art, followed by a Master's degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis in 1971. Before becoming a full-time author, Simmons worked in elementary education for 18 years, teaching in Missouri, New York, and Colorado. His early career culminated in his debut novel Song of Kali (1985), which won the World Fantasy Award and launched a prolific publishing career that eventually spanned 27 countries.
Simmons is notable for combining rigorous genre tropes with deep literary allusions, frequently drawing inspiration from classical poetry, history, and mythology. His works seamlessly blend elements of sci-fi, dark fantasy, suspense, and historical detail into cohesive narratives. Beyond epic space operas like the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium and Olympos duology, Simmons has written hard-hitting mystery thrillers featuring the recurring character Joe Kurtz, as well as horror classics such as Carrion Comfort and Summer of Night.
