Wrath of N'Kai by Josh Reynolds is a novel in the Cthulhu Mythos stories from Fantasy Flight Games' Arkham Horror setting for Arkham Horror Fiction. It is the first book of the Countess Zorzi series. Paperback, digital and audio editions were released. It was adapted by Graphic Audio into an audio production with an entire cast of voice actors.
Overview[]
| “ | The first in a new range of novels of eldritch adventure from the wildly popular Arkham Horror; an international thief of esoteric artifacts stumbles onto a nightmarish cult in 1920s New England. Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum, the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences. Now, caught between her mysterious client, the police, and a society of necrophagic connoisseurs, she finds herself on the trail of a resurrected mummy as well as the star-born terror gestating within it. |
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Synopsis[]
Infamous cat burglar Countess Alessandra Zorzi has come to Arkham, Massachusetts for the cause of stealing a newly uncovered mummy from Oklahoma. Recruiting a local taxi driver named Pepper Kelly, she soon finds herself implicated in the theft before she has a chance to steal it as local bootleggers make off with the mummy. The Silver Twilight Lodge tries to recruit her to recover the artifact while the mysterious undead monster, Zamacoma, seeks to return the mummy to its resting place. The Countess must play against forces she never imagined existing in order to not only survive but prevent an even greater tragedy.
Characters[]
- Countless Alessandra Zorzi - An infamous Italian cat burglar from a family of con men and grifters. She is both beautiful as well as cunning. The Countess has made her career dealing in occult artifacts stolen from an eclectic and eccentric clientele. She does not believe in the supernatural, though, until forced to confront it.
- Pepper Kelly - A young woman masquerading as a boy to serve as a Arkham taxi driver. She has done some bootlegging work for the local gangs but is not a professional criminal. That is until the Countess offers her a lucrative and enjoyable side career as her guide.
- Carl Sanford- the Leader of the Silver Twilight Lodge and an occultist interested in seeking the mummy's secrets.
- Zamacona - A former conquistador turned into an undead horror by the supernatural forces he encountered. He is now the leader of an undead cult that will do anything to recover the stolen mummy that contains a horror unimagined of by mortals.
Mythos Entities[]
Trivia[]
- One of the bootleggers who robs the museum of the mummy is named Phipps.
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