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Beyond Night Kindle Edition

4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

An Epic Fantasy tale of action, adventure, heroism, horror and sorcery…

Beyond Night is a Dark Fantasy Horror novel that pulls back the veil of nearly two thousand years of jaded history. Come tread in the bloody footprints left by monsters, soldiers and wizards and behold what lies hidden Beyond Night itself.

It’s Bigfoot War mixed with Lovecraftian horror on the edge of the Roman Empire.

How could Rome lose a Legion? What could’ve happened to blot out the existence of over five thousand men not only from history but the Earth itself?

As the Legion moves north to engage the forces of Pictdom, a dark horror emerges from the bowels of the Earth. Thought to be random attacks by hulking monsters, Decurion August soon learns a dire truth, that these bloody events are directed by opposing the wizards of the Picts. While one side assembles all tribes in a confederated army to battle the Legion, the other pulls these Greyman beasts from the depths of the Earth.

August fights not only these creatures and workers of magicks, but internal passions in the Legion itself.

Can he discover a way to survive the enormous bloodletting about to take place that will only serve to satisfy the wizards of Pictdom?

“Fans of David Gemmell will lap up this earthy, brutal fantasy.”William Meikle, The Ghost Club

Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Categories:

  • Epic Fantasy
  • Historical Fiction
  • Horror novels
  • Fantasy Adventure
  • Fantasy Fiction
  • Fantasy Horror
  • Fantasy novels
  • Horror adventure
  • Dark fantasy horror
  • Horror and dark fiction
  • Horror fantasy
  • Lovecraftian horror
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Monsters
  • Dark horror
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"Bloody battles, Roman legions, Pictish armies, supernatural entities and the mist covered hills of my homeland... how could I fail to be charmed? Fans of David Gemmell will lap up this earthy, brutal fantasy." - William Meikle, The Ghost Club

"Vivid Lovecraftian horror set on the northern fringe of the Roman Empire. A powerful book with very real soldiers--and definitely not for the squeamish." -
David Drake, author of Hammer's Slammers

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0796VSXW7
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crystal Lake Publishing (January 26, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers enjoy the pacing of the book, with one review highlighting the interesting fight scenes and mayhem, while another notes it satisfies their horror and dark fantasy cravings.

"Nice little tale of Romans versus supernatural elements. Very entertaining. Characters were well developed and the fight scenes were interesting." Read more

"...A tale that is brutal, vivid, and utterly immersive. Beyond Night is my jam, and I couldn't get enough of it!" Read more

"...This book has so many of my favorite elements-monsters, magic, mayhem-all wrapped up in a historical premise with Lovecraftian overtones...." Read more

"...Some great imagery, violent battles, and some nicely gory kills made the pace of this book move quickly...." Read more

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Customers find the book entertaining, with one describing it as utterly immersive.

"Nice little tale of Romans versus supernatural elements. Very entertaining. Characters were well developed and the fight scenes were interesting." Read more

"...A tale that is brutal, vivid, and utterly immersive. Beyond Night is my jam, and I couldn't get enough of it!" Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2021
    Nice little tale of Romans versus supernatural elements.
    Very entertaining. Characters were well developed and the fight scenes were interesting.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
    What do you get when you combine Lovecraftian horror, big foot, and Roman legionaries? A tale that is brutal, vivid, and utterly immersive. Beyond Night is my jam, and I couldn't get enough of it!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019
    I wanted to like this book more than I did. I love Rome and I’ve read at least one other Brown book, but this novel never quite worked for me. The biggest problem was that the Roman legion never once felt Roman to me. The lack of discipline was the largest problem, but there were subtle elements as well such as the speech of the legionnaires that never quite made me believe that we were dealing with one of the most successful militaries the world has ever seen.

    On the positive side, the three-way threat proved to be an interesting problem. But again having one be a threat that the Romans repeatedly refused to believe in didn’t quite work. The authors often presented the Romans as condemning superstition when they had a large number of unscientific beliefs themselves. They also had an interest in other peoples’ gods and their disdain for the possibility that there was a genuine supernatural cause for the very unnatural-seeming deaths of their legionnaires just didn’t strike me as believable.

    In a horror novel like this I expect most of the characters to die so a lot of the fun is figuring out who will make it through the end of the novel. One of the survivors made me laugh with delight. I’m not sure if I was supposed to like him but he was probably my favorite character, even though he was a decidedly minor one.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2018
    A wild, frenetic ride from two of my favorite authors. This book has so many of my favorite elements-monsters, magic, mayhem-all wrapped up in a historical premise with Lovecraftian overtones. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019
    Beyond Night was a lot of fun to read. Authors Eric S. Brown and Steven Shrewsbury did a fine job of working their writing together into a fairly seamless narrative. I always worry about books with two authors being jarring as each chapter switches to another writer, but that thankfully never happened with this story. Some great imagery, violent battles, and some nicely gory kills made the pace of this book move quickly. My only two criticisms were the typos that the publisher should have easily caught and the need for more details regarding the Roman army. I would have loved to know more about how they train, how they feed thousands of men on a long campaign, specific advantages of their selected weapons, what they do to pass the time once their camp is built, etc. A few details were touched upon, but I could have used a lot more to fully paint a realistic Roman army. Regardless, this was a very solid book that more than satisfied my horror and dark fantasy hunger.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018
    I love this one, like any other Eric S. Brown book. I hope there is a sequel
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
    Beyond Night by Eric S. Brown and Steven L. Shrewsbury starts out strong, with a yarn about the Roman Legion, a group I have not read about fictionally or not, in a long time. The book moves along, rarely bogging down in dialogue that seems wasted. Beyond Night is a classic good vs evil story where at times you wonder which side is good and which is evil. As always, I will not go into the plotline except to say if you, or someone you buy gifts for, likes Druids, Bigfoot like creatures, Romans and lots of bloodshed and gore, grab this book up right now.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018
    Bigfoot, a Roman legion, Picts, wizards and bloody carnage. I knew I had to read this book. I’ve enjoyed Eric’s Bigfoot War Series and this is my first time reading something by Steven. I was curious how this author team would handle the disappearance of a Roman legion consisting of 5000 battle seasoned men.

    They did an outstanding job, giving a fascinating historical account of the Roman invasion into Pict lands, spicing it up with some magic in the form of wizards, a weaver and a long dead Pict queen.

    And let’s not forget Bigfoot. They are huge, mad with a lust for carnage and damn near unstoppable. When the slew of creatures attack the Roman’s its absolute chaos and this horror fan loved it.

    There was a hitch in my reading pleasure though. It was hard going at the beginning. The sentences were oddly written. I’m guessing its written as the character’s would speak in their time. And commas often felt like they were in the wrong place, breaking the flow of the story for me. Once I got the hang of it, I was able to concentrate more on the story. My copy is an ARC so I have no idea if the published book has these same occurrences.

    There’s so many agendas in play. Each side believes theirs is the right one and use any means necessary to win. Subterfuge, strategy, magic and blunt force all come into play as all move toward an epic battle.

    Egad, this was one dark, vicious read, filled with heavy atmosphere. The writing was powerful and I easily visualized many scenes, my imagination fueled by movies like The 13th Warrior and The Centurian.

    If you’re a fan of Bigfoot, Lovecraftian and historical horror, you’ll want to read this one.

    I received a complimentary copy. My review is voluntarily given.
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  • Yvonne
    5.0 out of 5 stars A gorefest
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2018
    We all know that the Romans invaded Britain. Not without trying the Pictdom fight back. With Greyman and ancient magic, have the Romans got a chance.
    With Armies of thousands, there were quite a few characters that had their story to tell. August in charge of a troop, a German born who had moved up the ranks of the Legion, Rufus, August’s slave who whilst admire August hated the situation. Porcius, a spartan that loved to fight, General Malitus, whilst he liked a good drink, he still knew how to wield a sword. Fighting against the Romans were Drust, an aging wizard that could control the Greyman and Gonar his apprentice, the Weaver another powerful wizard who resurrected Queen Tancorix back to help the Pict defeat the Romans.
    Whilst I knew how violent the Romans were (yes, I did watch Gladiators), the way these authors told this story was dark and gruesome. The graphic vivid description of the battles will please any horror fan. I have not read any of these authors work before and I found that the story flowed seamlessly. The story was told from both perspectives, the Romans and the Picts and whilst I am British I did find a few of the Romans fascinating and one of my favourite characters was Porcius, a soldier who took no nonsence.
    Looking at all the categories that this book falls into, I can honestly say it ticks all the boxes. Reading this has made me curious in reading more of the authors work. A gore filled read

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