Bøker av Russell Proctor

Dionysus, god of theatre, wine and ritual madness, runs two theatres in Victorian London. Assisted by his maenads, Mags and Leah, his otherwise quiet existence is threatened by the rogue goddess Lilitu and a tribe of shape-shifting rakshasa demons trying to take back the Earth for their own. The problem is, Dionysus seems more concerned with show business and being drunk than saving the world. When the rakshasas enlist a magician who can create a gateway directly to Hell and obtain a perpetual motion machine that can supply them with limitless energy, things get very uncomfortable for poor old Dionysus. At least his maenads are the most dangerous women in the world-someone has to show the fallen gods how things are done. Fallen Gods: Act II is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories: A Muse of FireLadies NightThe Bane MachineThe Slaughter of the Innocents

Dionysus, god of wine, theatre and ritual madness, continues his efforts to run two theatres in Victorian London while fighting off a tribe of rakshasa demons trying to take over the world. Fortunately for mankind, Mags, Leah and his other maenads are there to help. In these new adventures, Mags looks for two missing lovers in a mysterious house that hides a deadly secret, Leah travels across the ocean in search of her lost voice, and all the maenads gather to defend their theatres when the rakshasas go to war against them. The most dangerous confrontation of all takes place in a Paris opera house during a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. The stakes are the future of mankind, yet Dionysus is nowhere to be found. Fallen Gods: Act III is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories: Full HouseA Sea-ChangeThe Battle of Grit LaneNight Music

Times are tough for the old gods. The world has left most of them behind and only a few now remain: the Fallen Gods, still clinging to hopes of return as legitimate deities.Dionysus, god of wine, theatre and ritualistic madness, has taken human form and runs both a disreputable music hall and a more legitimate regular theatre in Victorian Era London. All he wants is to do is fit in with the times and lead a quiet and obscure existence, assisted by his loyal maenads, Mags and Leah.But to his dismay other forgotten gods, and a tribe of rakshasa demons, wish to conquer the world for their own. Dionysus and his followers must oppose their various attempts to enslave humanity, and still get the curtain up on time.Fallen Gods Act I is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories: The Resurrection BoxSusannahThe MoonsnatcherMister Foxwood's Holiday