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Announcing LIBRA NIGRUM SCIENTIA SECRETA
For the last year, you’ve seen J.F. Gonzalez and I mention a new collaboration we’ve been working on, code-named “The Bible”. As we are nearly finished and expect to turn it over to pre-readers next week, I figured the time has come to give you more details.
The Bible’s official title is LIBRA NIGRUM SCIENTIA SECRETA (The Black Book of Secret Knowledge). It is being written and produced exclusively for the collectible market, and will most likely appeal to hardcore collectors, rather than the casual reader. LIBRA NIGRUM SCIENTIA SECRETA is part-Necronomicon, part-Scofield Reference Bible, and part-Tolkien’s Silmarillion, and examines the ancient history of my literary mythos, J.F.’s literary mythos, and the places where those individual stories come together. The idea is that scrolls and other ancient writings pertaining to the Thirteen, the Siqqusim, the Clickers, and others have been dug up and translated into this book. It will be extensively and profusely illustrated, and have all the bells and whistles that make collector’s drool. We’ve set out to produce a museum quality piece, and I think we’ve succeeded.
LIBRA NIGRUM SCIENTIA SECRETA will be published by Miskatonic Books. It is not yet available for pre-order (as I said, it needs to be proofread, and the art needs to be finished before production can begin). In the meantime, here’s an exclusive look at the table of contents:
I. INTRODUCTION, INCLUDING A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS
II. THE TESTAMENT OF J.F. GONZALEZ
1. The Testimony of Shaleem Achmed al-Jazir
2. The Book of the Reptilians (Fragment)
3. The Book of Aku-Ynath-Li
4. The Tale of Thurg
5. Concerning Hanpa (Fragment)
6. The Legend of Hanbi and Lilu
7. The Fall of the Watchers
8. The Book of Picts
9. Concerning Nyarlathotep (Fragment)
10. Of the Mazzikim (Fragment)
11. The Book of Thomas (Fragment)
12. The Gospel of Judas (Fragment)
13. The Lost Gospel of Simon (Fragment)
14. The Further Testimony of Shaleem Achmed al-Jazir (Fragment)
III. THE TESTAMENT OF BRIAN KEENE
1. The Telos of the Thirteen
2. The Book of Names
3. The Book of Doors
4. The Book of Faces (Fragment)
5. The Sealing of Eden
6. The Prophecy of the Siqqusim
7. On the Creation of the Void (Fragment)
8. The Testimony of the San People Concerning Meeble
9. The Book of Obadiah (Alternate Translation)
10. The Fourth Book of Chalco (Fragment)
11. Concerning the Daemonolateria (Fragment)
12. First Yee-wa
13. Second Yee-wa
14. On the Summoning of the Seven
We’ll let you see it when it’s finished.
