Cohors Cthulhu Legends of Laurium

Laurium is a bustling but isolated town on the edge of Germanic territory controlled by theRoman Empire in the late second century. There, daily life can be difficult, laden with simmeringtension between the citizens of the empire, whose soldiers control the town, and the Germanicpeople who have lived in this region as long as anyone can remember. They are thedescendants of proud tribes who reluctantly bent their knees to Roman conquerors, thoughmany still plot to see these interlopers overthrown.Yet strange creatures lurk in the forests beyond Laurium’s palisade walls and stalk the forgottentunnels beneath the town. These foul monsters are tied to sinister forces that threaten life andsanity, themselves echoes of malevolent alien gods from beyond the stars—deities older thanRome, older even than lost Atlantis, who see humanity as nothing but fodder and fuel.These are the collected stories of an odd assortment of unlikely heroes of Laurium. Althoughthey all come from different walks of life and backgrounds, they must set aside old enmities andbitter feuds in order to save their home from the sinister plots of devious cultists. For at thebidding of these power-hungry individuals, a greater threat arises from its slumber—a god ofslaughter, sealed away long ago and nearly forgotten.Welcome to Cohors Cthulhu: Legends of Laurium! This 204-page fiction anthology featuresthe stories of the brave few who risk everything to safeguard both friend and foe from anunimaginable evil.Here, in this ancient and mysterious land, the Hidden Wars play out in full. Those brave heroeswilling to confront the darkness will claim hidden knowledge and eternal glory—but terror,insanity, and doom await those who fail.