Scorching heat on a day in August, 216 BC, southern Italy near the ruined town of Cannae. A Roman republican army is arrayed, determined to smash Hannibal and his invading hordes. Publius Laelius Gallo, a legionary in the ranks, hides his misgivings; he's been troubled by sinister, disturbing dreams but shoves these omens aside. He is there to fight alongside his comrades in arms. Courage consists of conquering one's fear. But on this fatal day death in battle is not the only horror Gallo must face. On the other side of the Veil lies another world, an eldritch world, uncharted, dark and filled with peril. The Gatherers are waiting ...
The Gatherers is a genre-bending tale that combines historical fiction with fantasy and mythology in a dark twist.