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ZAHHĀK: The Serpent King (The Terror Lineup
What if civilization's finest gifts—the loom, the ship, the prescription, the law—could be turned into instruments of hunger? Zahhā The Serpent King reclaims an old Persian catastrophe as a living a handsome prince, a whispered temptation, a single corrupting reward that births two black serpents and a new appetite for human thought. This is not a dusty myth retold; it's a ledger of cruelty, counting the small betrayals that let tyranny grow—courts that learn to look away, cooks who learn to lie, children who vanish before dawn.
Witty, spare, and quietly brutal, JD Arden follows the cooks who smuggle hope, the blacksmith who makes an apron into a banner, and the mountain-born figure who refuses fear. The prose keeps its hands dirty with metal and recipes that save, rhythms of labor, the tallies of lives lost. Read it as myth, read it as a manual—either way the book asks the same how do ordinary people keep a spark alive when the monster returns? The monster is patient.
Witty, spare, and quietly brutal, JD Arden follows the cooks who smuggle hope, the blacksmith who makes an apron into a banner, and the mountain-born figure who refuses fear. The prose keeps its hands dirty with metal and recipes that save, rhythms of labor, the tallies of lives lost. Read it as myth, read it as a manual—either way the book asks the same how do ordinary people keep a spark alive when the monster returns? The monster is patient.
232 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 22, 2025
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About the author
J.D. Arden
528 books3 followersI’m JD Arden — a writer who believes books should challenge, not comfort. My work explores the invisible frameworks of human life: the myths we inherit, the forces we deny, and the truths we avoid.
From Life’s Unseen Forces to Celestial Conversations, from the Minds & Makers of history to the Great Gods of legend, my books look past surface stories to uncover what actually moves us. Whether it’s superstition, time, science, or ambition, I write about the patterns that shape us long before we notice them.
I don’t pad ideas with filler. Every book is lean, direct, and focused — one subject, one sharp dive. Readers come for clarity, not clutter. My aim is simple: to ask the questions that cut, and to leave you thinking long after the last page.
If you’re drawn to philosophy, history, science, or myth — not in their tidy textbook versions but in their raw, human form — welcome. These books are for those who prefer the rough edges, the uncomfortable insights, and the honest sparks that make us stop and wonder.
From Life’s Unseen Forces to Celestial Conversations, from the Minds & Makers of history to the Great Gods of legend, my books look past surface stories to uncover what actually moves us. Whether it’s superstition, time, science, or ambition, I write about the patterns that shape us long before we notice them.
I don’t pad ideas with filler. Every book is lean, direct, and focused — one subject, one sharp dive. Readers come for clarity, not clutter. My aim is simple: to ask the questions that cut, and to leave you thinking long after the last page.
If you’re drawn to philosophy, history, science, or myth — not in their tidy textbook versions but in their raw, human form — welcome. These books are for those who prefer the rough edges, the uncomfortable insights, and the honest sparks that make us stop and wonder.
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