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Iron Gods #4
Pathfinder Adventure Path #88: Valley of the Brain Collectors
Send... More... Adventurers!
After unearthing clues pointing them toward the legacy of a mysterious prophet, the heroes of Numeria must brave a remote canyon known as the Scar of the Spider, where they hope to uncover ancient knowledge to aid them in defeating the sinister Iron God of the Silver Mount. But the heroes aren't the first visitors to the distant valley—alien monstrosities from the darkest reaches of space have colonized the canyon, and hold their own horrific agendas. Can the heroes escape with their brains intact, or will they become the latest additions to a sinister, otherworldly collection?
This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Iron Gods Adventure Path and includes:
- "Valley of the Brain Collectors," a Pathfinder adventure for 10th-level characters, by Mike Shel.
- A treatise on the galaxy-spanning horrors known as the Dominion of the Black, by Mike Shel.
- A study of the technology used by four alien cultures, by David Schwartz.
- A hero's solemn return home in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Amber E. Scott.
- Four horrendous new monsters, by Mike Shel.
Cover art by Wayne Reynolds
After unearthing clues pointing them toward the legacy of a mysterious prophet, the heroes of Numeria must brave a remote canyon known as the Scar of the Spider, where they hope to uncover ancient knowledge to aid them in defeating the sinister Iron God of the Silver Mount. But the heroes aren't the first visitors to the distant valley—alien monstrosities from the darkest reaches of space have colonized the canyon, and hold their own horrific agendas. Can the heroes escape with their brains intact, or will they become the latest additions to a sinister, otherworldly collection?
This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Iron Gods Adventure Path and includes:
- "Valley of the Brain Collectors," a Pathfinder adventure for 10th-level characters, by Mike Shel.
- A treatise on the galaxy-spanning horrors known as the Dominion of the Black, by Mike Shel.
- A study of the technology used by four alien cultures, by David Schwartz.
- A hero's solemn return home in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Amber E. Scott.
- Four horrendous new monsters, by Mike Shel.
Cover art by Wayne Reynolds
92 pages, Paperback
First published November 24, 2014
20 people want to read
About the author
Mike Shel
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Mike was born in Detroit and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, oldest of three boys, the son of a firefighter and homemaker. He has practiced as a psychotherapist for nearly 30 years. He lives in central Indiana with his wife Tracy, son Leo, and dogs Tilly and Bobo. Mike began freelancing for Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder Roleplaying Game in 2010. He released his first novel, Aching God, in 2018. Its sequel, Sin Eater, followed in 2019. Idols Fall, released in 2021, is his third novel and completes the Iconoclasts trilogy. He is at work on his next novel, set in the same world, more than 200 years after the events of Iconoclasts.
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Mike was born in Detroit and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, oldest of three boys, the son of a firefighter and homemaker. He has practiced as a psychotherapist for nearly 30 years. He lives in central Indiana with his wife Tracy, son Leo, and dogs Tilly and Bobo. Mike began freelancing for Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder Roleplaying Game in 2010. He released his first novel, Aching God, in 2018. Its sequel, Sin Eater, followed in 2019. Idols Fall, released in 2021, is his third novel and completes the Iconoclasts trilogy. He is at work on his next novel, set in the same world, more than 200 years after the events of Iconoclasts.
Indie authors depend on word of mouth. If you enjoyed this novel and its predecessors, make the howling hellscapes that are Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook a force for good and chat them up. And as always—always—make sure to post ratings and/or reviews at Amazon, Goodreads, r/Fantasy, Audible, or on that SFF review blog you keep telling everyone you’re going to start.
Peace, love, and kindness to all.
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June 24, 2015
Entertaining, pulpy sandbox adventure with lots of Cthulhu-esque encounters.
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