Constantinople, 1876.
Nikola Tesla sacrifices his brother and thousands of civilians to sway the Russo-Turkish War. Sixteen years later, he has built something impossible on a remote Vermont mountaintop to resurrect Dane: a monstrous tree that fuses metal and flesh.
But in his desperate experiments, Nikola sends a message across the void of space, awakening a vast, cosmic entity and its ancient, earth-bound high priest.
As the eastern seaboard erupts into an eldritch war zone of Lovecraftian nightmares, Tesla must battle back to a weapon hidden on Long Island, powerful enough to kill a god.
Whether by fate or God’s providence, others are swept into the fight: a sharpshooter with a deadly smile; a wandering priest whose soul is as scarred as his body; and a giant Irish miner piloting a steam-powered exoskeleton.
But Tesla faces a dreadful choice: cling to the past, or sacrifice everything to save the world he helped condemn.
Dreadful Tendencies is a dark fusion of alternate history and cosmic horror, with a trim of steampunk filigree that forges a tale of obsession, faith, and the terrible price of defying mortality.
What early readers are saying:
Such a great read, I can't wait for the movie!
— R.C. from Burbank
Well-crafted, confident, excellent execution of a complicated story. The writing and characters are fantastic.
— Nikki from Georgia.
The premise was very creative and the author's descriptions were great too. A real interesting confluence of real life historical figures and fantastical elements.
— Mel from california
