Cthulhu Remorseless

The Collected Harrison Peel Stories

by David Conyers

Reality is collapsing. Alien gods plan a reboot.

Major Harrison Peel is no stranger to the weirdness of an uncaring, non-Euclidean universe. Years in the intelligence services exposed him to terrifying Outer Gods and their star spawn, that if unleashed, will effortlessly provoke humanity’s extinction. Somehow, Peel always held their menace at bay. Now he encounters something worse…

Unexpectedly, a nightmarish continent rises from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. An ancient Great Old One emerges from the waves, confounding the very laws of nature around it.

All too soon this eldritch god reveals its name, long whispered through the many strange aeons. A monster the rest of the universe is unwilling to confront, but Peel must…

Cthulhu.

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, Lovecraftian, Science Fiction

263 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 4, 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

[David Webb]

It was a very enjoyable read. David Conyers has essentially fixed some of the largest flaws in H.P. Lovecraft's work. First, he expanded it beyond being stories of the occult. He provided a common framework of reality in which the stories could reside. Giving the stories a "home" made them far more credible.

Second, he actually gave us a protagonist. In Lovecraft's writing there were no real protagonists. There were only victims of supernatural horror. It was impossible for me to really connect with the characters in his stories, because of that.

Finally, he removed the racist elements that infested Lovecraft's writing -- and HPL's mind.

[Myles]

Conyers' best work to date. I've read most of Conyers novels and short stories, including one of my favorite collections Cthulhu Unmasked, but this book takes Peel to another level.

Conyers blends a military sci fi shooter with Lovecraftian horror and still manages to squeeze an incredible and emotional story with one of the best mythos protags out there.

[Tommy]

Another top notch entry to the Harrison Peel adventures. There are no duds in this collection. My favorites in this collection are "Mouth of Jupiter" and "Supersymmetry Blues." They bent my brain!

On to "Cthulhu Unmasked (The Collected Harrison Peel Stories)"

[Jim X Dodge]

Holy smokes what a tense read. Harrison Peel takes us to the end of the world...and back? The characters in these stories are as multi-dimensional as the Great Old Ones they battle. To the brink and beyond, one story at a time. David Conyers has a talent for creating contemporary tales based in the Lovecraft mythos.

As with the previous books, the editing needs to be sharpened. This is most obvious in 'The Bullet and the Flesh' where wordiness is a detriment to the description and the narration. It's clunky and I only finished it so I wouldn't miss any references that might appear in subsequent stories. This would have been a five star review otherwise.

[Jerry Renkenberger]

Entertaining from Start to Finish

Cthulhu Remorseless is an amazing finish to this David Conyers series, covering realms of intriguing and existentially terrifying "characters" birthed in HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. If at some point in this book, you don't sit back from reading in astonishment at the imagination and gritty, creative flair of Mr. Conyers... Well, you might just be a Mi-go. No? How can you be sure?

[Jonathan]

Surprisingly quick read

The headline says it all. This is a surprisingly quick read. Part of the reason is that the stories are considerably engaging, making them less of a slog. Most of the stories are also short, which helps. Fans of Lovecraftian fiction will find a lot to latch on to.

[Jeffrey Schiffman]

Excellent contribution to the Cthulu mythos

Imaginative. Well written. Excellent timing and world building. Excellent contribution to the Cthulu mythos. And some senseless drivel to complete the number of words required.

[Charl]

These three collections form one continuous story. Well worth the time for any Cthulhu mythos fan.

[Matthew Bates II]

I liked it. A more serious take on the Cthulhu mythos than The Laundry Files but still just as entertaining.

[Aisla Houghton-Foster]

A fine way to end the saga of Harrison Peel. I wasn’t enjoying it quite as much at first, but then it ramped up to a marvellous conclusion.

[Dustin]

After an entire series of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat this ends on a wet fart. Honestly it's basically killed my desire to read anything else from the author.

[BERNARD ANDREWS]

Thoroughly enjoyable cosmic horror

The darkness and confusion feel real and it's way above average lovecraftian horror with a black ops accent that fits perfectly.

[David]

un gran final para la serie