Marc Severson

Chaos Territory Marc Severson

Welcome to the Weird Wild West! Matthew Sandstrom is a Government Land Office agent in Chaos, Arizona Territory ca. 1900. When family of homesteaders go missing, and a trading post that serves a mysterious tribe known as the Su'mok is abandoned, he investigates these baffling mysteries. The wife of the trader at the post is found wandering in a nearly catatonic state, and her husband has completely disappeared. What is happening in the territory around Chaos? Sandstrom is uncovers their dark nature. He begins to realize these events are not mere coincidences. Something truly terrifying is loose in the land. After discovering that an ancient terror has been unleashed he enlists aid in his fight against unknown powers. Sandstrom, his Indian allies, and his friend Mose Broadaxe, challenge them for control of humanity's future on earth. Set in the southwest at the end of the most famous era in American history, the Old West, the story engages the reader in a historically sound adventure that also incorporates the eldritch charm of Lovecraft with local primal lore and legend. This is the first book in a series that take place in the spectral, dying, mining town of Chaos, Arizona Territory.