Bloody sacrifices and pious self-mutilations are recalled from the times Baal's faithful priests gathered around the roots of the greatest holy cedars, marking for harvest those trees which would construct the Carthaginian navy’s finest ships.  The sailor listens at the grate of the lightless slave galley. Cruel carnality lurks below.

BARATANAC will chill your blood. Discover the audio drama of D.J. Swales’ debut novel, both a genre-busting horror thriller and historical audio fiction.  The Fitzmarbury Witches series unveils a web of predatory evil that spans eras and continents.
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Are you a fan of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, or Anne Rice? Did you read Game of Thrones or The Witcher? Are you a grown-up Harry Potter fan who craves a darker dualistic world? Then BARATANAC is the first book in your new favourite horror thriller series!
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EVEN THE PUREST EVIL HAS A HISTORY
In 2017, an author flees the accursed London streets of Fitzmarbury, terrified and fearing for his life. In an isolated Barbados redoubt – on wild Atlantic shores – the author’s mind and writings are haunted. Cruel voices speak horrifying revelations. A vast storm approaches as another visitor to Bathsheba – a presence – stalks him in the darkness.
A NEW DARKNESS AT THE WORLD’S EDGE
A ruthless priestess of Baal sails from the imperial city of Carthage, sixty years after the fall of King Leonidas and the Spartan 300. She is a hardened warrior, wrenched from the only love she ever knew and raised in merciless service to Baal. Her iron heart holds the secrets of a young girl trafficked across the Sahara from the decaying Egyptian city of Sekht-Am (Siwa). Ever threatened by the scandal of her origins, she proves herself by embarking on a series of violent missions. Once again, she is sent from Africa – this time to penetrate new frontiers at the edge of the world, in ancient Britain. Will she follow orders and fiercely carve a place for Baal in Baratanac? Will she ensure the cut-throat hegemony of Carthage? Or will she find reasons to claw back her humanity?
The African coast fades. The greatest fleet on earth steers into the fathomless Unknown Ocean . . .