Cthulhu Resurgent

The Collected Harrison Peel Stories

by David Conyers

Humans are a mistake. The laws of physics prove it.

Army intelligence officer Major Harrison Peel has spent a lifetime fighting eldritch horrors, constantly clawing through the veil of reality ready to annihilate our world. But how do you win the war when these alien gods — and not terrestrial life — are the true nature of reality?

In Antarctica, a new threat emerges. Shape-shifting aliens called Shoggoths that can mimic people and integrate into human society, who are manipulating us from within. Then Peel discovers their true intensions…

If Peel can’t defeat these Shoggoths abominations, they won’t just destroy us, but enslave humanity into a billion years of servitude…

For fans of weird science fiction, Delta Green and Charles Stross’s The Laundry, the Harrison Peel series is a collection of interconnected cosmic horror stories that explore the world, and the entire universe, of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, stretched across all space and time.

Genres: Horror, Anthologies, Lovecraftian, Science Fiction

294 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 26, 2021

About the author

David Conyers is science fiction author and editor from Adelaide, South Australia. He has a degree in engineering from the University of Melbourne, and today works in marketing communications. David’s fiction has appeared in magazines such as Albedo One, Ticon4, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Book of Dark Wisdom, Lovecraft eZine and Jupiter, as well as more than twenty anthologies. His previous books include the science fiction Cthulhu Mythos blended thriller, The Eye of Infinity published by Perilous Press and the prequel The Spiraling Worm co-authored with John Sunseri. Previous anthologies he has edited include Extreme Planets, Cthulhu Unbound 3, Cthulhu’s Dark Cults and Undead & Unbound. His e-books include The Uncertainty Bridge and The Impossible Object.

Reviews

[Myles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Conyers pulls no punches in Peels best and darkest entry yet as Peel faces off against (so many) Shoggoths and his worst enemy yet. I can't wait to see what's next and I'm sad I need to wait so long for more Peel! Someone needs to adapt this to a video game and take my money.

There are so many shoggoths

[Meenaz Lodhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Star series!
Review to come soon!

[Tommy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perennial Major, Harrison Peel, deserves a promotion. I love this whole universe. You want to know what kind of stand up guy Harrison Peel is? I'll tell you: spoiler: he turned down a full head of hair. He knows who he is, mate--don't you worry about that.

There are 5 adventures in this collection chock full of dimensional threats and oddities and tentacles. I enjoyed every one of them but "The Spiraling Worm" stood out the most to me:

The Spiraling Worm (I loves me a good cult story)
The Road to Afghanistan (Peel proves he's the better spy)
The Eye of Infinity (a truly cosmic adventure)
The Temporal Deception (uh, the strapped together soldiers...[shudders] so good!)
The Gravity Museum (Underground Antarctic adventure with dinosaurs! It works, trust me)

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second volume in David Conyers’ Harrison Peel Cthulhu stories. Part military sci-fi, part espionage, part horror, the Peel stories are a romping good time. Conyers’ writing continues its growth and perplexity as the conspiracy that Peel fights unfolds with greater and greater depths. Conyers does an excellent job of bringing the Lovecraft Cthulhu mythos up to a twenty-first-century audience. Like the first volume, this was a great page-turner. Hard to put down. I look forward to reading the third volume.

[Johann · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Action and the Crazy never stop!!

This is the 2nd book that follows Harrison Peel as he battles with the cosmic horrors that want to kill us. This series is amazing and I highly recommend that you start with book one since this continues in a linear timeline
Highly recommend for Lovecraft fans as well as last vers of action packed fun with a lot insanity in the mix!!

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories, but the weirdest thing was the editing failures

Good grief! For a reworked anthology, there sure were a lot of boo-boos. Fortunately for me, I like the Harrison Peel character enough to move through them. Shoggoths, man! Worse than cats by far.

[Aisla Houghton-Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much like the first, this collection delivers with really well-crafted and interesting stories that are horrifying, weird and exciting. Perhaps lacking some of the bite that the first ones did, but yet overall still very much worth it. Can’t wait to read vol 3!

[Jim X Dodge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is full of action and great characters. The editing needs to be tightened up but it's still a fun read.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

The second book is as good as the first. I'm already looking forward to the next book. Thank you Mr. Conyers!

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jason Borne vs Cthulhu is a solid premise for a series and this second volume delivers on cosmic horror and spy thriller action in equal measure.

[Charl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conyers writes very strong Cthulhuian fiction. So strong I had to take a break partway through to read some other stuff. I strongly recommend him to any Cthulhu/Elder Gods fan.

These three collections add up to one continuous story. Enjoy!