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The Mythos Project #3
Shoggoth 2: Rise of the Elders
Who creates and controls the SHOGGOTHS? For Professor Thomas Ironwood and his heavily armed team, the answer is crucial. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance. The solution? Return to the tunnels beneath the Mojave Desert, locate a gigantic subterranean vault and unlock the secrets it contains. Deadly primal secrets that lie in wait from a time before human life began! Byron Craft once again takes us below the earth in this SHOGGOTH sequel enveloping us with tentacles, claws, and mucus glop. A talented fusion of Lovecraftian sci-fi, mystery, fantasy, and horror with a 21st-century twist.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 21, 2018
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About the author
Byron Craft
21 books27 followersIt was decided that the best person to tell you about Byron Craft and “THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” project would be me…Byron Craft.
“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” was originally a movie that was in preproduction several years ago titled, “The Cry of Cthulhu.” Unfortunately the project, like many good intentions, never came to fruition. My concept was an all new Cthulhu Mythos story to be put on film that would have done H.P. Lovecraft proud. At the time, there had been several poor attempts to place Lovecraft and his dreaded Necronomicon on the big screen. I had a notion to make an exciting, plus mind-boggling, Cthulhu movie that had the look and feel as if Lovecraft had stood behind the camera.
“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” embodies the same vision in a literary format. I have endeavored to pen this Cthulhu Mythos novel as it may have been done if H.P. Lovecraft were alive in the 21st century. Nevertheless, “THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” consists of three separate narratives that link together a single story, where when one account leaves off, the other continues leading you, the reader, through a terrifying Lovecraftian web of mystery, horror and apocalyptic doom.
I have been known to refer to this work as “THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK PROJECT,” because it is the first in a five novel mythos series dealing with mankind’s internal, as well as, outward struggle to control his own destiny while encountering malicious beings from another time and space.
I hope you will enjoy, in addition to being scared stiff, the first of my five part series…“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK.”
Cthulhu Lives!
Byron Craft
Byron@byroncraftbooks.com
“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” was originally a movie that was in preproduction several years ago titled, “The Cry of Cthulhu.” Unfortunately the project, like many good intentions, never came to fruition. My concept was an all new Cthulhu Mythos story to be put on film that would have done H.P. Lovecraft proud. At the time, there had been several poor attempts to place Lovecraft and his dreaded Necronomicon on the big screen. I had a notion to make an exciting, plus mind-boggling, Cthulhu movie that had the look and feel as if Lovecraft had stood behind the camera.
“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” embodies the same vision in a literary format. I have endeavored to pen this Cthulhu Mythos novel as it may have been done if H.P. Lovecraft were alive in the 21st century. Nevertheless, “THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK” consists of three separate narratives that link together a single story, where when one account leaves off, the other continues leading you, the reader, through a terrifying Lovecraftian web of mystery, horror and apocalyptic doom.
I have been known to refer to this work as “THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK PROJECT,” because it is the first in a five novel mythos series dealing with mankind’s internal, as well as, outward struggle to control his own destiny while encountering malicious beings from another time and space.
I hope you will enjoy, in addition to being scared stiff, the first of my five part series…“THE ALCHEMIST’S NOTEBOOK.”
Cthulhu Lives!
Byron Craft
Byron@byroncraftbooks.com
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November 6, 2023
There's nothing better...
There's nothing better than improving on a Master's work.
HPL created a masterpiece, but Byron continues to improve on the Master's work by bringing it into a modern realm.
In the way he ended his latest effort, I can't wait to see what he does next.
A solid five stars, and the next episode is 'definitly' on my TBR list.
~RAM
There's nothing better than improving on a Master's work.
HPL created a masterpiece, but Byron continues to improve on the Master's work by bringing it into a modern realm.
In the way he ended his latest effort, I can't wait to see what he does next.
A solid five stars, and the next episode is 'definitly' on my TBR list.
~RAM
April 4, 2019
THE ELDERS ARE BACK IT IS...
Hello, this is a great story. I was thoroughly entertained through the whole thing. Very well written. Great characters and big meanies. Thanks.
Hello, this is a great story. I was thoroughly entertained through the whole thing. Very well written. Great characters and big meanies. Thanks.
August 2, 2021
Another great cosmic romp
Loved this sequel that delivered in every way. I Can’t wait to find out what happens next in the series.
Loved this sequel that delivered in every way. I Can’t wait to find out what happens next in the series.
October 23, 2025
Byron Craft has a delightful, if sometimes creepy, way of drawing on Lovecraft’s reality, putting it in a modern setting, and making it work. This is an excellent follow-up to his novel SHOGGOTH. SHOGGOTH: RISE OF THE ELDERS can be read as a stand-alone, but I was glad I’d read SHOGGOTH first and would recommend doing the same.
August 6, 2018
Shoggoth 2 sounds like a move title – which is absolutely right. Craft cut his teeth writing screenplays, and this is a genuine monster-flick, as action-packed as the original Shoggoth, populated by swashbuckling military types, and the redoubtable professor Ironwood who could give Indiana Jones a run for his money when it comes to exploring ancient underground cities.
Here the survivors of the first book, including Prof Ironwood and a cigar-chomping freelance creature-hunter known as ‘the scarred man’, find that defeating one creature is not the end of the story. The outrageous rabble-rousing Congressman Stream has assembled a team to break into an underground alien vault and unleash horrors so he can ‘save’ America.
Some new allies crop up here, including an African girl with psychic powers, a geeky teenager who resorts to AI to help get a girlfriend, and an eccentric octogenarian in a string bikini. There are new enemies too; the flamethrowers and M-16s are broken out at an early stage in some giddily violent encounters.
Shoggoth 2 is part of Craft’s bigger universe, with nods to Cry of Cthulhu and his Arkham Detective series -- as well as a literary guest appearance by one HP Lovecraft in a message containing a vital clue. There are some topical gibes too, from the issue of racism against Elder Things to Congressman Stream’s contempt for the voters and his narcissistic willingness to gamble with the future of humanity for the sake of personal power (I have no idea where Craft got that crazy idea).
As before, it’s fast-moving cinematic, fun. The opening episodes with the scarred man are highly entertaining, I think he might need a spin-off series. And the ending suggests that the Earth is not safe quite yet, that more heroics will be called for.
Here the survivors of the first book, including Prof Ironwood and a cigar-chomping freelance creature-hunter known as ‘the scarred man’, find that defeating one creature is not the end of the story. The outrageous rabble-rousing Congressman Stream has assembled a team to break into an underground alien vault and unleash horrors so he can ‘save’ America.
Some new allies crop up here, including an African girl with psychic powers, a geeky teenager who resorts to AI to help get a girlfriend, and an eccentric octogenarian in a string bikini. There are new enemies too; the flamethrowers and M-16s are broken out at an early stage in some giddily violent encounters.
Shoggoth 2 is part of Craft’s bigger universe, with nods to Cry of Cthulhu and his Arkham Detective series -- as well as a literary guest appearance by one HP Lovecraft in a message containing a vital clue. There are some topical gibes too, from the issue of racism against Elder Things to Congressman Stream’s contempt for the voters and his narcissistic willingness to gamble with the future of humanity for the sake of personal power (I have no idea where Craft got that crazy idea).
As before, it’s fast-moving cinematic, fun. The opening episodes with the scarred man are highly entertaining, I think he might need a spin-off series. And the ending suggests that the Earth is not safe quite yet, that more heroics will be called for.
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