The Demogorgon Agenda

by Joseph Armstead

There is a secret history to the World and it is known to only a few. Beyond the history books and behind the headlines, there are mysteries that can never be revealed, unbelievable stories that can never know the light of day. Only a small group of brave, dedicated men and women dare know these things. Only a few can know the unknowable. They are the protectors, the soldiers who hold back the onslaught of Darkness. For centuries, they have worked in the shadows, keeping the enemies of civilization at bay. They are the DarkLink. They call him "The Winter Man" and he is the DarkLink's best and most determined agent. A scholar, a detective, a rogue, and, when need arises, a killer, he is unstoppable in his pursuit of Justice and Truth. His name is Lorenz Novembre.

Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

Joseph Armstead (born February 2, 1956) is a horror/suspense/science fiction fiction author best known for his loosely-connected series of stories and novels about the MOON-CHOSEN vampires, and his THE WITHERED LAND dark fantasy/scifi series. Mr. Armstead's novels generally center on the themes of personal and societal alienation, xenophobia and interspecies racism, dark conspiracies, criminal violence and renegade scientific technologies. Armstead is also the creator of "The Infernals", evil alien demigods that he features in his "Book of Dark Memory" series, a horror-centric, darkly violent science fiction series, of which the novel Painmaker is the first volume.

Armstead's literary influences coincide with influences from modern cinema. He frequently imbues the violent scenes in his works with cinematic style. A practitioner of a literate style of writing verging on the poetic or the lyrical, he exhibits stylistic storytelling influences from the likes of Clive Barker, Stephen King, Brian Lumley and John Farris, with a nod or two to H.P. Lovecraft in his uses of mythical "cosmic conspiracies".

He currently lives in northern California and is a computer technologist. He is also known as a postmodernist freestyle poet and is frequently published in various literary publications.