Malignos: Richard Calder

Richard Pike is a hero - slayer of demons, swordfighter par excellence, philanderer. In the 53rd century he is banished from his beloved Darkling Isle of England and scrapes a living in the Philipinas with his lover Gala, who is a malignos and the cause of his exile. It is said that a cataclysm in a parallel universe sometime in the late 21st century flooded our universe with particles that perverted men's minds and souls. The inability to invent or maintain technology vanished and a dark age followed. But gradually, there was evolution - and those with perverted minds became demon-like beings who sought sanctuary in the earth's depths. These are malignos. Pike must quest through the world of the malignos to find the antidote for the poison that has turned his beloved Gala into a vegetable. Cover art by Jim Burns.