Book description
Prepare to confront the incarnation of evil. It is 1820 and the
world is on the brink.
A fearless cohort of soldier-monks, led by Lieutenant William
Saxon, has been dispatched to Egypt on the most important mission in
history. For thousands of years a great secret has been kept: a
stockpile of appalling malevolence, which, if let loose, will plunge
the world into eternal damnation. This is the Hoard of Mhorrer. The
soldiers must find and destroy the Hoard before the daemonic agents of
the evil Count Ordrane of Draak locate it.
In a heart-stopping race against time, ranging from Papal Rome to
the desolate heart of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the soldiers must
battle murderous militiamen and pitiless daemons, and finally,
terrifyingly, the bloodthirsty Guardians of the Horde.
If William and his men succeed, the clandestine war between Heaven
and Hell will at last begin to favour the forces of light. But if they
fail, and the agents of Hell claim the Hoard, then they will unleash
an army of invincible daemons, and humankind - what is left of it -
will come to know the true meaning of evil.
M. F.W. Curran was born in Essex, in 1974. From an early
age he was brought up on a diet of fantasy and science-fiction and has
been writing stories since he was ten years old. In a past life he
worked in the banking industry, for the Government, as a music
journalist, and a lyric-writer. The Secret War was his first novel.
The Horde of Mhorrer continues the secret war series. He lives in
Sheffield with his wife, Sarah.
