Lay Down With Lions is a fiction novel for the World of Darkness.
Summary[]
- The Battle Continues
- Questioning the origins of his ancestors, the estranged vampire called Beckett has come to Chicago, arriving in the middle of a now full-blown war. Unknowingly, Beckett helps Khalid al-Rashid, a powerful Nosferatu, piece together the ancient history of the mummies - a history hidden for centuries. Now the Kindred not only face the threat of Thea Ghandour and her fellow hunters, but now must also struggle against other immortals
- An Unknown History
- The Temple of Akhenaton has been destroyed, and Maxwell Carpenter reveals his true motive for uncovering the source of the mummies' power: revenge. Powered by his hatred, Carpenter will stop at nothing until he has killed the last member of the Sforza family, the mummy, Nicholas Sforza-Ankhotep. The mummies must protect the heart of their power or they and their future will cease to exist.
- Lay Down with Lions is the second novel in the Year of the Scarab trilogy. This three-volume epic reveals the rise of an ancient power that threatens to forever alter the World of Darkness: the immortal beings known as mummies.
Contents[]
Part I: Ancient Mysteries, Modern Nights[]
- Chapter One - Chapter Four
Part II: To Die in a Foreign Land[]
- Chapter Five - Chapter Nine
Part III: Threads of Fate[]
- Chapter Ten - Fifteen
About the Author[]
Andrew Bates quit a promising career as an astronaut to follow his life-long dream wrangling penguins in the Antarctic. Heralds of the Storm was his first novel; Lay Down With Lions is his second.
Background Information[]
Characters[]
- Beckett
- Inyanga
- Critias
- Khalid al-Rashid
- Lodin - Former Prince of Chicago, Destroyed
- Xaviar
- Augustus Klein aka Augustus Night-stalker - Gangrel Vampire, Destroyed
- Sturgang - Vampire from Germany
- Graham - Brujah Vampire
- Sylvia - Female Brujah Vampire
- Earl - Ghoul
- Pete - Ghoul
- William Decorah - Mortal, Works for Pale Wolf
- Menele, "Pale Wolf"
- Ranulf Runs-Like-The-Wind - Gangrel Title/Name
- The Tracker - Vampire Title
- Childe of Brunhilde - Vampire Title
- Nola Spier - Mystic, Mage from L.A., Ally to Beckett
- Fortis Spier - Mystic, Mage, Nola's Husband, Died
- Manfred Von Reis - Mortal, Handled Beckett's Account at the Witz-Kohn Bank
- Thea Ghandour - Female Imbued Hunter
- Parker Moston - Imbued Hunter, Died
- Dean Sankowski - Imbued Hunter, Died
- Lilly Belva - Imbued Hunter, Died
- Sam "Romeo" Zheng - Imbued Hunter, Died
- Carl Navatt - Lilly's Husband, Bystander, Died
- Margie Woleski - Mortal/Bystander, Thea's Roommate and Friend
- Wen Li - Mortal, Runs a Spice Shop
- Xian - Mortal, Kid, Died
- Maxwell Carpenter
- Jake Washington, "Bookworm"
- Shen - Vampire, Destroyed
- Gamal - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
- Wayne Farrell - Mortal, Dean's Lover, Died
- Annabelle Sforza - Mortal, Nicholas' Grandmother, Died
- Walker Sforza - Mortal, Nicholas' Cousin, Died
- Bean - Nosferatu, Khalid's Lackey
- Helena
- Hannah - Nosferatu
- Ibrahim - Mortal, Eset-a Follower
- Duridar Saad - Mortal, Eset-a Follower
- Saled - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
- Abdul - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
- Omar - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
- Antonio Sforza - Mortal, Annabelle's In-Law, Died
- Carlotta Sforza - Mortal, Annabelle's In-Law, Died
- Peter Sforza - Mortal, Annabelle's Son, Died
- Therese Sforza - Mortal, Annabelle's Daughter-in-Law, Died
- Gianni "Johnny the Stick" Sforza - Mortal, Annabelle's Husband, Died
- Lupe Droin
- Nicholas Sforza-Ankhotep, "Eset-a" - Mummy/Amenti
Terminology[]
Amenti, Amulets, Ancients, Antediluvians, Anubis, Archons, Artifact, Art Institute of Chicago, Aura, Beast, Belgium, Belize, Black Hawk Landscaping Company, Blessed Fields, Blood, Blood Bag, Bloodlines, Blood Magic, Book of Nod, Brotherhoods, Brujah, Caine, Cainite, California, Camarilla, Canopic Jar, Caribbean, Carthage, Cataclysm, Charm, Chicago, Childer, Clan, Clanmates, Constantinople, Cult of the Sun-Disk (Followers of Akhenaton), Disciplines, Dragon's Breath (Ammo), Edges, Egypt, Elder, Elysium, Embraced, End Times, England, Eset-a (Cult), Final Death, Fledgling, France, Frenzy, Gangrel, Generation, Germany, Ghost, Ghost Storm, Ghoul, Ghuls, Heart, Hollywood, Hunger, Hunters, Idaho, Illinois, Isis, Justicars, Jyhad, Kine, Lair, Lake Geneva, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Lycanthrope, Magicians, Masquerade, Master, Methuselahs, Middle East, Minneapolis, Mummification, Mummy, Neonate, North America, Nosferatu, Oak Woods Cemetery, Orthodox Temple of Akhenaton, Osiris, Potency, Primogen, Princes, Psychic, Realms, Restless Dead, Retainer, Rots, Sabbat, Salamanders (Ammo), Scarab Amulet, Sears Tower, Sect, Shadowlands, Sire, Sixth Sense, Spell of Life, Spirits, Spirit World, S Securities (Nicholas Sforza's Security Firm Company), St. Paul, Texas, Undying, Vampire, Van Helsing Brigade (Thea's Hunter Group), Walking Dead, Werewolf, Werewolves, Whelp, Wisconsin, Wizard, Zombie,
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