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Santa Saves Christmas #3
Should Eldritch Horrors Be Forgot
An ancient city rising…
Hideous monsters emerging…
It's a Cataclysm of Chaos!
Atlantis is rising from the depths, wreaking havoc across the world with its emergence, and apparently, Santa is the only one who can stop it. When diplomacy fails to dissuade the Atlantians from pursuing their devastating goals, Santa realizes a new fight to save the Earth has just begun.
Driven by his desire to save his people, King Hydreon of Atlantis makes a contract to ensure their survival. Thanks to the portal leading to a new age, he secures a means to ensure the Atlantians’ future for eternity—even if it will personally cost him everything.
But the bargain he has struck aligns him with a force older than the creation of Earth itself—a dark power with its own machinations for the planet and its population.
Can Santa, Snoot, and their friends stop the rise of Atlantis? Will Hydreon succeed in saving his people? Or will an awakening in the deep threaten the world with unbridled chaos?
Should Eldritch Horrors Be Forgot is the third book in the hilarious Santa Saves Christmas series, a mashup of urban fantasy and time travel genres. Readers of Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series and Shayne Silvers’s Nate Temple series will love these books.
Curl up by the fire with a mug of heavily spiked apple cider and start reading now!
Praise for What the Frost?
“Zombie reindeer, carnivorous mermaids, ice-shooting velociraptors, and a shotgun named Cherry. Everything I need to get into the holiday spirit.
What the Frost? is gonzo, action-packed insanity sprinkled with nutmeg. Goes down like warm eggnog spiked with a little too much moonshine. This book is hilarious. 5 golden rings.”
—Matt Dinniman, Author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
“This book is what would happen if you took the two classic Christmas movies, Die Hard and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and forced them to have a baby… and zombies.”
—Hunter Blain, Author of The Preternatural Chronicles
“Take a red-nosed dive into Ben Wolf's cup of holiday adventure. Driven by starlight and laughter, he sleighed all of my Christmas expectations. Puffins and timeless villains are just what every reader should have on their wish list.”
—Kimbra Swain, Creator of the Trailerverse
“What the hell did I just read?”
—Hillary Clinton (probably)
Hideous monsters emerging…
It's a Cataclysm of Chaos!
Atlantis is rising from the depths, wreaking havoc across the world with its emergence, and apparently, Santa is the only one who can stop it. When diplomacy fails to dissuade the Atlantians from pursuing their devastating goals, Santa realizes a new fight to save the Earth has just begun.
Driven by his desire to save his people, King Hydreon of Atlantis makes a contract to ensure their survival. Thanks to the portal leading to a new age, he secures a means to ensure the Atlantians’ future for eternity—even if it will personally cost him everything.
But the bargain he has struck aligns him with a force older than the creation of Earth itself—a dark power with its own machinations for the planet and its population.
Can Santa, Snoot, and their friends stop the rise of Atlantis? Will Hydreon succeed in saving his people? Or will an awakening in the deep threaten the world with unbridled chaos?
Should Eldritch Horrors Be Forgot is the third book in the hilarious Santa Saves Christmas series, a mashup of urban fantasy and time travel genres. Readers of Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series and Shayne Silvers’s Nate Temple series will love these books.
Curl up by the fire with a mug of heavily spiked apple cider and start reading now!
Praise for What the Frost?
“Zombie reindeer, carnivorous mermaids, ice-shooting velociraptors, and a shotgun named Cherry. Everything I need to get into the holiday spirit.
What the Frost? is gonzo, action-packed insanity sprinkled with nutmeg. Goes down like warm eggnog spiked with a little too much moonshine. This book is hilarious. 5 golden rings.”
—Matt Dinniman, Author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
“This book is what would happen if you took the two classic Christmas movies, Die Hard and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and forced them to have a baby… and zombies.”
—Hunter Blain, Author of The Preternatural Chronicles
“Take a red-nosed dive into Ben Wolf's cup of holiday adventure. Driven by starlight and laughter, he sleighed all of my Christmas expectations. Puffins and timeless villains are just what every reader should have on their wish list.”
—Kimbra Swain, Creator of the Trailerverse
“What the hell did I just read?”
—Hillary Clinton (probably)
341 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 30, 2021
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About the author
Ben Wolf
99 books120 followersAt the age of nine, Ben Wolf slayed his first dragon.
As the dragon perished, it bequeathed a measure of its power to Ben.
It told him, "You now have the ability to lie more creatively than any other being on this planet--except for politicians. Use this power wisely."
The dragon died with one final puff of smoke from its lungs, but Ben Wolf lived on.
For years, Ben honed his craft. At the age of twelve, he lied to his sister about having thrown darts at a poster of her favorite boy band.
At the age of sixteen, he lied to a policeman who'd pulled him over for speeding, and it got him out of a ticket.
At the age of eighteen, he lied to himself about what a good decision it was to go to Bible college and major in Pastoral Studies (that one has come back to haunt him several times).
Given the unique power he'd inherited from the dying dragon, Ben Wolf had expected his life to look very different from how it did when he turned twenty-three.
Then the dragon's words regarding his power returned to him: "Use this power wisely."
The truth was, Ben hadn't been using the magnificent power wisely. He'd been using it for personal gain, and to dig himself out of bad situations (or, in the case of Bible college, to get himself into them).
So he asked himself, "What would be a wise way to use this power?"
At that very moment, a bus drove past the street in front of him. On its side was emblazoned the phrase, "You should write a novel!"
Having graduated from Bible college a year earlier, Ben took it as a divine message. What's more, he'd already written one novel at that point, and he'd enjoyed it, so he figured he might as well write a few more.
That was 2009. Now, more than ten years later, Ben has written north of ten books, including an award-winning children's book and an award-winning novel.
Awards are great, but what Ben has found even more reassuring is the consistently great feedback he's gotten from readers. They've raved about his work and told him he was the best, most creative liar they'd ever heard of.
So now Ben is on the cusp of making serious headway with his lying skills. His debut fantasy saga, the Blood Mercenaries series of dark/epic/sword & sorcery novels, is raking in tons of stellar reviews from readers everywhere.
And now you can be a part of his creative lying journey. If you've read Ben Wolf's work, love him as a person, or plain old just think he's a handsome guy (he is, and he is now making it known that it wasn't him who wrote this (but it was actually him)), then please review his books here and on Amazon.com.
Ben, who we swear didn't write this, thanks you.
As the dragon perished, it bequeathed a measure of its power to Ben.
It told him, "You now have the ability to lie more creatively than any other being on this planet--except for politicians. Use this power wisely."
The dragon died with one final puff of smoke from its lungs, but Ben Wolf lived on.
For years, Ben honed his craft. At the age of twelve, he lied to his sister about having thrown darts at a poster of her favorite boy band.
At the age of sixteen, he lied to a policeman who'd pulled him over for speeding, and it got him out of a ticket.
At the age of eighteen, he lied to himself about what a good decision it was to go to Bible college and major in Pastoral Studies (that one has come back to haunt him several times).
Given the unique power he'd inherited from the dying dragon, Ben Wolf had expected his life to look very different from how it did when he turned twenty-three.
Then the dragon's words regarding his power returned to him: "Use this power wisely."
The truth was, Ben hadn't been using the magnificent power wisely. He'd been using it for personal gain, and to dig himself out of bad situations (or, in the case of Bible college, to get himself into them).
So he asked himself, "What would be a wise way to use this power?"
At that very moment, a bus drove past the street in front of him. On its side was emblazoned the phrase, "You should write a novel!"
Having graduated from Bible college a year earlier, Ben took it as a divine message. What's more, he'd already written one novel at that point, and he'd enjoyed it, so he figured he might as well write a few more.
That was 2009. Now, more than ten years later, Ben has written north of ten books, including an award-winning children's book and an award-winning novel.
Awards are great, but what Ben has found even more reassuring is the consistently great feedback he's gotten from readers. They've raved about his work and told him he was the best, most creative liar they'd ever heard of.
So now Ben is on the cusp of making serious headway with his lying skills. His debut fantasy saga, the Blood Mercenaries series of dark/epic/sword & sorcery novels, is raking in tons of stellar reviews from readers everywhere.
And now you can be a part of his creative lying journey. If you've read Ben Wolf's work, love him as a person, or plain old just think he's a handsome guy (he is, and he is now making it known that it wasn't him who wrote this (but it was actually him)), then please review his books here and on Amazon.com.
Ben, who we swear didn't write this, thanks you.
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December 27, 2024
The Santa Saves Christmas trilogy ends with the inclusion of Atlanteans and characters from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft.
Thanks to the many time portals and fractures left open during Santa's battle with Father Time, ancient Atlanteans are coming through a wormhole in the Caribbean wing of the Atlantic. Along with their arrival, the ruins of Atlantis are rising to the surface, causing catastrophic flooding around the globe. Called in by the United Nations to assist in negotiations with the king of Atlantis, Santa Claus and old friend Vladimir Putin seek to find a peaceful way for all races to coexist without sending a large chunk of dry land into the bring deep.
However, all chances for peace are off the table when a new object begins to emerge off the coast of Australia: the evil elder God, Cthulhu! As nothing in the present day is able to defeat the Eldritch horror, Father Time's predecessor, the Time Raptor travels through time and the multiverse to assemble a ragtag team of warriors, assassins and a dragon or two to defeat the ancient evil once and forever!
Yes, the mystery character that I've been trying to not spoil in my previous two reviews of Ben Wolf's Santa Saves Christmas series is Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Since all 3 books were written before Putin began his lengthy and seemingly endless assault on Ukraine, he's sort of like an anti-hero. He's bad and has done evil things, but he's also willing to save not only Christmas, but his beloved Russia from countless crises. Plus it helps to have the leader of the largest country in the world in order to gain unprecedented access to top secret technology or to get your foot in the door of the UN Building.
Should Eldritch Horrors Be Forgot was my least favorite of the trilogy. I still liked it. It just that it really felt like Ben Wolf was being really self-indulgent here. They're be these scenes where a character, very tongue in cheek would reply 'Who writes this stuff?' Once was clever. Twice was an inside joke. But at a pace of about once every 3 chapters felt really out of place; especially since neither previous book did this.
Something Ben Wolf adds at the end of each book is a 'shameless plug' in which Santa and other characters rave about the author's other works. At about page 200, one of the new characters brought over by the Time Raptor, was using a weapon that sounded really familiar. Yet, it's not something from What The Frost? or It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Raptors. So I grabbed my copy of this book and headed into our office and consulted Amazon. Sure enough, all of these new characters are from other books written by Wolf. Thus, the author wasn't just being immoderate. He was also giving readers a clue about how his other works tie-in.
I'm not sure if some of Ben Wolf's other books are my cup of tea. Many are more fantasy heavy for my taste. However, his standalone Western, Unlucky, about the gunslinger Dalton has peaked my interest.
Also, thanks to my Amazon research, I discovered that there's a new book in the Santa Saves Christmas series. It's digital only. However, it promises to address the elephant in the room with the presence of Putin in these books. Especially as Russia's current political situations has made their president's role in these books a little more troubling. hey, I've got something to look forward to next Christmas reading season!
Lastly, I got to talk about my favorite character in the series, the cowardly but entrepreneurial Snoot. I almost replaced him as my favorite character with Putin of all people because he got ultra slimy. (Also, if an author can make a sadistic tyrant likable, he must be a good writer.) Snoot now has a girlfriend in the Uber rich business woman Gen. They're obviously having a physical relationship. But Snoot kept making everything with her about sex, even when she's trying to help save the world. It got as annoying as Wolf's love of having every character respond to Snoot's comments with eye rolls. Folks can show disgust in other physical ways.
Thankfully, Gen puts Snoot in his place before the book's end. Hopefully, we'll see a little more character growth in the online book and hopefully further adventures of Santa saving the world. Just take it down a notch with the repetition. I would hate for a great thing to become stale.
Thanks to the many time portals and fractures left open during Santa's battle with Father Time, ancient Atlanteans are coming through a wormhole in the Caribbean wing of the Atlantic. Along with their arrival, the ruins of Atlantis are rising to the surface, causing catastrophic flooding around the globe. Called in by the United Nations to assist in negotiations with the king of Atlantis, Santa Claus and old friend Vladimir Putin seek to find a peaceful way for all races to coexist without sending a large chunk of dry land into the bring deep.
However, all chances for peace are off the table when a new object begins to emerge off the coast of Australia: the evil elder God, Cthulhu! As nothing in the present day is able to defeat the Eldritch horror, Father Time's predecessor, the Time Raptor travels through time and the multiverse to assemble a ragtag team of warriors, assassins and a dragon or two to defeat the ancient evil once and forever!
Yes, the mystery character that I've been trying to not spoil in my previous two reviews of Ben Wolf's Santa Saves Christmas series is Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Since all 3 books were written before Putin began his lengthy and seemingly endless assault on Ukraine, he's sort of like an anti-hero. He's bad and has done evil things, but he's also willing to save not only Christmas, but his beloved Russia from countless crises. Plus it helps to have the leader of the largest country in the world in order to gain unprecedented access to top secret technology or to get your foot in the door of the UN Building.
Should Eldritch Horrors Be Forgot was my least favorite of the trilogy. I still liked it. It just that it really felt like Ben Wolf was being really self-indulgent here. They're be these scenes where a character, very tongue in cheek would reply 'Who writes this stuff?' Once was clever. Twice was an inside joke. But at a pace of about once every 3 chapters felt really out of place; especially since neither previous book did this.
Something Ben Wolf adds at the end of each book is a 'shameless plug' in which Santa and other characters rave about the author's other works. At about page 200, one of the new characters brought over by the Time Raptor, was using a weapon that sounded really familiar. Yet, it's not something from What The Frost? or It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Raptors. So I grabbed my copy of this book and headed into our office and consulted Amazon. Sure enough, all of these new characters are from other books written by Wolf. Thus, the author wasn't just being immoderate. He was also giving readers a clue about how his other works tie-in.
I'm not sure if some of Ben Wolf's other books are my cup of tea. Many are more fantasy heavy for my taste. However, his standalone Western, Unlucky, about the gunslinger Dalton has peaked my interest.
Also, thanks to my Amazon research, I discovered that there's a new book in the Santa Saves Christmas series. It's digital only. However, it promises to address the elephant in the room with the presence of Putin in these books. Especially as Russia's current political situations has made their president's role in these books a little more troubling. hey, I've got something to look forward to next Christmas reading season!
Lastly, I got to talk about my favorite character in the series, the cowardly but entrepreneurial Snoot. I almost replaced him as my favorite character with Putin of all people because he got ultra slimy. (Also, if an author can make a sadistic tyrant likable, he must be a good writer.) Snoot now has a girlfriend in the Uber rich business woman Gen. They're obviously having a physical relationship. But Snoot kept making everything with her about sex, even when she's trying to help save the world. It got as annoying as Wolf's love of having every character respond to Snoot's comments with eye rolls. Folks can show disgust in other physical ways.
Thankfully, Gen puts Snoot in his place before the book's end. Hopefully, we'll see a little more character growth in the online book and hopefully further adventures of Santa saving the world. Just take it down a notch with the repetition. I would hate for a great thing to become stale.
January 10, 2022
Third and last of the ‘Santa Saves Christmas’ series.
A forgotten and misplaced time portal allows Atlantis to resurface and their King wants to take over the world. But the Time Raptor has a plan.
Fave scenes: Santa using the Timepiece on Hydreon, Putin’s remark about Russia shattering, Hydreon swimming for the surface and the puffin’s help.
A forgotten and misplaced time portal allows Atlantis to resurface and their King wants to take over the world. But the Time Raptor has a plan.
Fave scenes: Santa using the Timepiece on Hydreon, Putin’s remark about Russia shattering, Hydreon swimming for the surface and the puffin’s help.
February 6, 2022
Nice wrap up
This book was good. The author snuck in a bunch of characters from their other books. I haven't read those books so I found that a little less enjoyable but they weren't too distract from the main cast so that's fine. It wasn't my favorite book in the series but as the last book this was a great way to wrap it up.
This book was good. The author snuck in a bunch of characters from their other books. I haven't read those books so I found that a little less enjoyable but they weren't too distract from the main cast so that's fine. It wasn't my favorite book in the series but as the last book this was a great way to wrap it up.
December 28, 2025
As a Cthulhu, Eldritch horror fan, this one was a decent read. I enjoyed the trilogy. One of the few books that can make me L.O.L. Overall a funny series, character degelopment was great. Puffs worth and Snoot were my favorites.
April 2, 2023
This series has been a blast to read. what do Santa, Putin, Puffin and a Time Raptor have in common?
In hot answering that. You must have to read it yourself.
In hot answering that. You must have to read it yourself.
February 25, 2024
Another fun romp of a story. This series would be a perfect palette cleaner between other books.
December 21, 2024
My thoughts on this book are basically identical to books one and two … dumb but that’s what it’s going for.
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