Miasma; The Return of the Druids (ePub)

In the late summer of 1834, a derelict schooner runs aground on the east coast opposite Chesapeake Bay. The coffin ship, fleeing the potato famine in Ireland, is sensed by a young girl, who convinces her father to go and find the vessel. On board are hundreds of dead bodies that have died fighting each other. Leaving his daughter, who refuses to go with him, kneeling by the stricken ship he goes for help. When he returns he finds his daughter frighteningly possessed by the spirit that haunts the ship.

Captain Bardeen, the Provost of Newport is called. The sight of so many dead bodies, killed in such a vicious way, affects him deeply. The daughter, Mary is taken to be held but escapes, leaving a trail of death in her wake only to be pursued by the captain and his men. The captain finally catches up with her and kills her in retribution for the death and carnage she has caused. As she dies a black cloud, a miasma, is released from her body, and enters the atmosphere only to be blown inland.

Suetonius Paullinus, was the Roman general responsible for the virtual annihilation of the Druids massacred in the most blood-thirsty way on the Isle of Anglesea. Only a few managed to escape to Eire where they took with them their hatred of the Romans and the essence of those who died.

The spirit of Banning the Druid carries the souls of those massacred within him. When his spirit returns his task is to kill Romans, and too him, everyone is a Roman. So begins a period of untold horror and fear across America as Captain Bardeen struggles to come to grips with his adversary against a backdrop of killings, the like of which America has never seen before.