Behind the Pillars of Heracles
E-book, Czech
Behind the Pillars of Heracles
The fate of the world will be decided in the ruins of a city that has not belonged to it for thousands of years…
18 October 1940. Transatlantic convoy SC 7 is attacked by German submarines. Among the sunken vessels is the cargo ship SS Creekirk, with its entire crew. However, when a lifeboat with two dead sailors is found a few weeks later, it turns out that the Creekirk met a much worse fate than torpedoes.
The British Navy dispatches the destroyer HMS Javelin with a special unit under the command of Major Crossland on board to investigate the incident. The investigation leads the soldiers to a legendary island that various civilisations have given many names: Hy-Brasil, Rocabarraigh, Avalon… It could be all of them, and yet none of them.
But Crossland's team is not the first to have discovered the island after thousands of years. The ancient port is slowly being turned into a German submarine base, while in the ruins of the palaces, the Nazis are negotiating with terrifying allies who are to ensure their victory in the war. Only a small commando unit can thwart their plans, but its members have no idea that they will not only be facing Germans, but also monsters from ancient myths and their dark rulers.
The fate of our world will be decided in the ruins of a city that has long since ceased to belong to it.
An action-packed adventure ride from the Second World War, spiced up with elements of military & magic from the author of the bestselling UTSS Salamis series.
Jakub Mařík
Born in 1981 in Teplice, he graduated from a law and economics school and currently works as a translator from English. One of the most prominent authors of contemporary Czech sci-fi & fantasy, he has written over twenty short stories, the most famous of which is the paranormal detective story Absolute Death, for which he was nominated for the Karel Čapek Prize in 2008. He publishes in anthologies (Drakobijci, Cáry rubáše, Ve stínu říše, etc.) and in Pevnost magazine. He contributed the sixth episode, entitled Rough Dreams (2014), to the popular series Kladivo na čaroděje (Hammer for Witches). He is currently focusing mainly on the military sci-fi series UTSS Salamis, which is to consist of five standalone novels (In the Shadow of the Sun, In an Icy Grip, In the Blood Belt, In the Dead Zone, In the Lion's Den) and a collection of shorter texts, In the Jade Cage. Jakub Mařík lives in Novosedlice near Teplice and in his spare time enjoys hiking, gardening, reading and doing jigsaw puzzles.
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