★★★★★ "Hollywood this is your new horror franchise!" -- Jedi Joeda★★★★★ "I'm eagerly awaiting the next novel in the series!" -- Chris Hudec★★★★★"An epic, epic book. So rich, so textured, so colourful." -- Charlie Green★★★★★"Una historia que te atrapa desde la primera línea." -- Fernando S.Discover D.J. Swales’ debut novel, both a genre-busting horror thriller and historical fiction. BARATANAC is thick with suspense, the occult, terror, twisted romance, sadistic violence, and lost worlds. Brutal historic events and cataclysms weave fact and fiction. The Fitzmarbury Witches series unveils a web of predatory evil that spans eras and continents. BARATANAC will chill your blood.◆◆This combined ebook edition is for the binge readers! ◆◆ Parts I, II, & III of BARATANAC, Book One of the Fitzmarbury Witches series"Ordinary mortals who learn of what truly dwells in Fitzmarbury are not long for this world.""Emeshmoon journeys to Baratanac as no ordinary priestess of Baal. The familiar she conceals is no ordinary familiar."✓ BARATANAC has already soared up ApplePodcasts audio fiction and audio drama charts.* ★ TOP 100 in the USA, UK, Canada, and Germany.*★ TOP 50 in Mexico and France.* ★ TOP 30 in Brazil and Italy.*★ TOP 20 in Switzerland, Turkey, Czech Republic, UAE, and Holland.*★ Top 10 in Japan and Russia.*★ Top 5 in Finland, Ecuador, and Singapore.*★ No.1 in Qatar.* EVEN THE PUREST EVIL HAS A HISTORYIn 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 EDGEA 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 . . .*Chartable Weekly Audio Fiction and Audio Drama ApplePodcasts Rankings 2020 for 'DJ Swales Gothic & Other Tales' (BARATANAC author self-narration).