Call of Cthulhu, 7th Ed.: Petersen's Abominations
Description
Gathered from across the aeons, this anthology of horror brings together, for the first time, a series of five nightmarish, modern-day scenarios for the Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game from the mind of Sandy Petersen, produced in full color, with art by Lee Simpson, M. Wayne Miller, Victor Manuel Leza Moreno, Grzegorz Pedrycz, Evgeny Maloshenkov, and sumptuous cartography by Andrew Law and Stephanie McAlea.
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Panacea: ZyMedBio Corp is a pharmaceutical development company. The company is relatively new, having been incorporated just three years ago. In the last five months, the company has begun drug trials on human subjects for a range of clinical issues. Currently, ZyMedBio is undertaking a Phase 2 study where human subjects are being given doses of a new drug called “Zylactis.”But behind a miraculous cure for many ills hides a loathsome truth.
Hotel Hell: In 1924 an obscure and ill-regarded painter from Europe, named Johan Schiegl, came to the Seven Stars Hotel in British Columbia. Seeking solitude far away from hustle and bustle of the Roaring Twenties, Schiegl came to capture the remote and rugged wilderness of the Canadian landscape in his paintings…
An inheritance in the remote wilderness of British Columbia conceals a hideous secret that may spell the end of the world.
Mohole: A team of observers is called in to conduct an audit and report on an experimental and top secret drilling project designed to penetrate the Earth’s crust and release a previously untapped source of energy. Set on a repurposed North Sea oil platform, those involved discover that there are some depths that should never be plumbed…
An experimental drilling project delves too deep and brings the attention of an ancient unspeakable horror.
The Derelict: Within the icy waters of the North Atlantic the discovery of a missing reefer ship, the Groenland Tropisch, stranded on an iceberg brings considerations of a substantial salvage reward, driving an attempt to rescue the ship. But in so doing, an ancient horror is stirred…
A final journey brings a remarkable discovery and a hidden terror.
Voice on the Phone: As youngsters, Diego Lopez and his younger brother Juan were close. While Diego had the street smarts, Juan was more academically minded and his parents pushed him to make something of his life away from the streets and gangs of Dallas. Of course, Juan just wanted to be like his brother. Both boys seemed destined for a gang lifestyle; however, Juan’s life was to take a different turn…
A tale of two brothers set in the violent world of gang culture.
