peter telemark books
The Berserker of Borealea Series
The Valley of the Night
Far to the north of the world of AEthergone is a barren tundra and the Ghost Mountains. There, at the rim of the world is said to lie the mysterious Valley of the Night, where rumors have hinted that eternal life might be had for the taking. Many have traveled there, but no immortalized human has ever returned. The rumors have long since taken on a darker tone. Is there something horrible there – or perhaps horrifying would be a more accurate word?
Wulfsdgerd
South of the vast and menacing Forest Borealea, in the dark fantasy world of Lost AEthergone lies the civilized trading settlement of Driphorios. One day, a hunting party from there departed for the forest, led reluctantly by Thrar, the infamous Berserkr of Borealea. They were unaware that hostile eyes were fixed upon them – the eyes of savage warriors of the tribal land of Wulfsdgerd. Now Thrar and the hated leader of the hunting party must escape – but only if they can reach the edge of the forest. But can they reach it, before the Wulfsman chieftain runs them to ground? And are the Wulfsmen the only ones hunting them?
Seth Athenor series
The Cellar in Ghost Hill
Two prominent citizens have gone missing in the vicinity of an ancient hill, rumored to be Chibaiswajo, the “Hill of Ghosts” of Abenaki legend. In that hill is a root cellar belonging to the missing people. But if it is merely a root cellar, why did early Dutch settlers erect a stone cross above the entrance? And why did they brick it up and fix a sturdy door there with a locking bar on the outside? It all seemed more of a prison than a root cellar. But a prison for who?
The Eighth otter
Seth is in his home town of Dereham in 1754 in New York Province, he must face a new menace and solve a new dilemma: How do you kill a ghost? And not just any ghost, but the ghost of a monster otter from 50 years ago. Now, in the moonlit streets and lanes, one by one, certain townsfolk are vanishing. Vanishing? Or – consumed? And not at random, but seemingly part of a murder-list. But why? Could it be vengeance for some forgotten wrong? If so, whose vengeance? And for what wrong? Seth Athenor must find the answer. Not merely to prevent more murders, but because he has realized that his name is on the murder-list too…
The Footprints in the Winter Woods
It is 1742 in French Canada and Ensign Sacha Athenois has been assigned the grisly task of murdering an entire British garrison nearby.While he wrestles with his conscience, another task is underway, sponsored by the devious commander of that garrison – to find the secret of immortality rumored to lie deep within the mountains. There, it is said, are the enigmatic ruins of an ancient Mahican village and just over the next hill lies the ancient and evil Red Cottage. But, legend also says, the secret is guarded by something unthinkably old and malevolent, said to tower above the tallest pine – a creature of living ice, who only waits to be awakened once again.
The House of Dust
Between 1738-1740, in the town of Droitwijk in Upstate New York, several elderly bachelors went missing under mysterious circumstances. The malignant entity implicated also vanished afterward. Now, eight years later in the nearby village of Dereham, it seems to have resurfaced, in the form of a winged female demon. A demon who is hiding in a human – a “house of flesh” – unmasking when it preys upon its victims. But who can it be? Can Seth Athenor, Dereham apothecary and former forest scout, untangle all the clues and unmask the demon before it is too late?
The Witch of Death Swamp
Long devoid of any life, the gray and still waters of Death Swamp brood silently beneath a sun dimmed by greenish fogs, and shadowed by tall, dead pitch-pines and oaks. No birds, fishes, frogs, or insects remain. And no foot of man has trod there for many years. It is the year 1750 in Upstate New York, and from that swamp has emerged a monstrous evil. How many will die before it is finally stopped?
The Timber-Witch of the Mountain Forest
Asher Mourne, formerly one of the witch-finders tasked by the special court in Salem in 1692 to apprehend suspected witches is recalled from retirement for one final hunt. But unlike the innocent victims in Salem, it is a genuine witch this time. In the White Mountains of His Majesty’s Province of New Hampshire, an isolated Abenaki village has reached out to him for help. Something is prowling the mountain forest, murdering the villagers one by one. Something that bites out their hearts and leaves the wounds filled with splinters…as if by a mouth filled with sharp wooden teeth. Mourne has vowed to kill the witch and grudgingly agrees to take Sacha along with him. But what possible help could a stripling be?
The Habitants of Murdering-Town
It is winter 1754 in His Majesty’s Province of New York, and an urgent summons has come to Mayor Ulysse von Mardure of Dereham Town from the German settlement of Leichtenberg that there have been an alarming number of deaths he has tried to keep quiet – none of them natural. Ulysse agrees to come, but asks Dereham apothecary and former frontier scout, Seth Athenor, to accompany him, knowing that if a supernatural menace involved, there is no better man to confront it. The ordinary townsfolk suspect nothing, and the Christmas Garden is bright with festivities as they stroll and sing, dance and eat. Not realizing that something else is hungry, too.
