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Land of the Dead is a fiction novel for the World of Darkness.

Summary[]

Even in Failure...
The Heart of Osiris has been stolen, all but one of his Eset-a cultists have been murdered, and his prey has escaped. Nicholas Sforza - an undying mummy resurrected by the power of Osiris - has failed in his righteous duty to Ma'at.
All but one of her fellow hunters are dead, her relationship with her best friend is a shambles, and the monster who's responsible has disappeared. Thea Ghandour - a hunter imbued by a mysterious force represented by beings known only as "the Messengers" - is watching her life fall apart all around her.
...One May Still Find Redemption
Yet the one responsible for all this turmoil is not satisfied. Maxwell Carpenter, a rotting horror that will not die has left a trail of terror and destruction in his wake as he heads inexorably toward the Lands of Faith with the ancient prize that he has stolen. Driven to once again taste the life that was stolen from him, he leads a chase to Egypt, where he hopes to unlock the secrets of Osiris' power. The race to this ancient land will tie the fates of these three souls together as the epic Year of the Scarab trilogy draws to its stunning conclusion.

Contents[]

Part I: Loss and Redemption[]

  • Chapter One - Chapter Four

Part II: Secrets and Revelations[]

  • Chapter Five - Chapter Nine

Part III: Death and Eternity[]

  • Chapter Ten - Chapter Thirteen
  • Epilogue

A Note on Accuracy[]

While writing the Year of the Scarab trilogy, the author abided by real-world history and geography when possible. However, he took the liberty to alter certain historical details as well as topography, street layouts, weather patterns and other trivia to better suit the plot. (It is the World of Darkness, after all, and not our own reality....) As with any errors of fact you discover while reading this tale, any mistakes rest on the author's shoulders, no matter how much he may protest.

Author Note[]

Andrew Bates spends his time wandering the contiguous United States. He visits towns, befriends the locals and rights wrongs before moving on down the road.

Land of the Dead is his third novel for White Wolf. His previous credits include the first and second installments of the Year of the Scarab trilogy, Heralds of the Storm and Lay Down With Lions, as well as a short story featuring Maxwell Carpenter for the Inherit the Earth anthology.

Background[]

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Characters[]

  • Thea Ghandour - Female Imbued Hunter
  • Maxwell Carpenter - Sent back to the Shadowlands
  • Jake Washington, "Bookworm55"
  • Guadalupe Droin, "Lupe"
  • Nicholas Sforza-Ankhotep - Eset-a Member, Mummy/Amenti, Kher-Minu
  • Ibrahim Rassul - Mortal, Eset-a Follower
  • Faruq - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Elder
  • Basel Nyambek-Senemat - Mummy/Amenti
  • Indinar Nabih-Hentempet - Female Mummy/Amenti, Shemsu-Heru
  • Lu Wen Khutenpath - Mummy/Amenti, Sakhmu
  • Malik - Retainer to a Follower of Set
  • Sherlock and Watson - Nicholas' Black Mastiffs, Effigies
  • Xian - Dragon Effigy
  • Sahura - One of the First Mummies
  • Nefertiti - Past Eset-a Follower
  • Gamal - Mortal, Nicholas' Follower, Died
  • Saled - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
  • Duri - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
  • Horus
  • Hau-hra of the Backward Face - Bane Mummy
  • Hemhemti, the Roarer - Bane Mummy
  • Kharebutu, the Fourfold Fiend - Bane Mummy
  • Beckett
  • Critias
  • Khalid al-Rashid
  • Menele, "Pale Wolf"
  • Helene
  • Inyanga
  • Zainab Jinnah - Female Follower of Set
  • Talaq
  • Omar - Mortal, Eset-a Follower, Died
  • Zabeya - Mortal, Female Shemsu-heru cultist
  • Mestha - Mesektet, Imkhu
  • William Decorah - Mortal, Serves Menele
  • Walter Zackowicz - Mortal, Dock Worker
  • Sylvia - Brujah Vampire
  • Augustus Klein - Gangrel Vampire, Destroyed
  • Walpert - Mortal, Guard, Dock Worker
  • Graham - Brujah, Vampire, Destroyed
  • Margie Woleski - Mortal/Bystander, Thea's Roommate/Friend
  • Harold Casey, "Howard" - Imbued Hunter, Lupe's Friend
  • Earl - Ghoul
  • Newa Ghandour - Thea's mother, Former Est-a Cultist and Director of Marketing for Panflex
  • "Rafiq", Fatwa243 - Imbued Hunter
  • Jacob Pellitier - Mortal, Airline Passenger
  • David Kuhn - Mortal, Died and Possessed by Maxwell
  • Annabelle Sforza - Mortal, Died
  • Samuel Zheng, "Romeo" - Imbued, Died
  • Manfred von Reis - Beckett's Mortal Agent of the Witz-Kohn Bank of Geneva
  • Nola Spier - Mage, Beckett's Ally
  • Ahmir - Mortal, Cultist
  • Sherin - Mortal, Cultist
  • Sanakht Nebka - Pharaoh, Past
  • Djoser - Past
  • Imhotep - Past
  • Sekhemkhet - Past
  • "Fritz" - Zombie
  • Carl Navatt - Bystander, Died
  • Lilly Belva - Imbued Hunter, Died
  • Dean Sankowski - Imbued, Died
  • Wayne Farrell - Mortal, Dean's Boyfriend, Died

Terminology[]

ab-Asar: "The Heart of Osiris" (Relic), Abydos, Africa, Alchemy, Al-Qala'a (Citadel), Amenti, America, Amulets, Anchor, Ankh-Meket, Ankhotep, Apepnu: Bane Mummies, Apophis: Corrupter, Artifacts, Artifacts, Asekh-sen (Reapers), Aura, Aurora (Location), Baltimore, Beast, Blood, Blood Suckers, Book of Nod, Brujah, Bystander, Cainites, Cairo, Canada, Carthage, Caste, Charleston, Chicago, China, Cities of the Dead (Location), Clan, Compass Scarab, Coptic Jar, Cult of Isis, Dead Sea, Death Cycle, Deathsight, Djellaba, Duat, Edfu (Location), Effigy/Effigies, Egypt, Elder, Embraced, Final Death, Followers of Akhenaton: Cult of the Sun-Disk/The Children of Aton/Aton-u/Eset-a, Follower of Set, Frenzy, Gangrel, Gary, Ghost, Ghost Sight, Ghost Storm, Ghul, Gioia Tauro, Hajj, Hashashin, Hekau, Horus, Hunger, Hunters, hunter-net, Ifrit (Evil Spirits), Imkhu, Immortals, Indiana, Isis, Ismailia House (Cairo Hotel), Israel, Italy, Jordon, Judges of Ma'at, Ka, Ka'bah (Amenti relic), Kher-minu, Kine, Kiswah, Lair, Lake Michigan, Land of Khem, Los Angeles, Luxor, Ma'at, Manhattan, Mausoleum, Mausoleum of al-Qalarayn, Maydan at-Tahrir (Location), Mentu, Meroe Atlantic (Ship), Meroe Global Shipping (Company), Mesektet: Midnight Suns, Methuselah, Middle East, Mississippi, Mummy/Mummies, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Niagara Falls, Nile River, Norfolk, Norway, Nosferatu, Oblivion, Osiris, Osiris Fragments, Palestine, Panflex (Pharmaceutical Company, Pentex), Port Said, Primogen, Princes, Psychic, Pyramid of Sanakht Nebka, Ra, Reborn, Renfield, Restless Dead, Resurrection/Resurrected, Retainer, Rots, Sakhmu, Sarcophagus, Saqqara (Location), Sears Tower, Sekhem, Sekhmet, Selket, Set, Shemsu-heru: Followers of Horus, Sire, Sixth Sense, Soul, Spain, Spell of Life, Sphinx, Spirit, Spirit Storm, Spirit World, S Securities (Nicholas' Security Firm, Company), Suez Canal, Syria, Tem-akh, Temple of Akhenaton, Temple of Horus, Torpor, Turkey, Undying, Vampires, Van Helsing Brigade (Thea's Group), Walking Corpse/Walking Dead, Wards, Wisconsin, Wizard, Zombies,

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