Smoke and Dagger

A SPECTRA Files Prequel

By: Douglas Wynne

Narrated by: Matthew Cohn

Seventy years before the Red Equinox, the origin of the SPECTRA Files

Catherine Littlefield was raised in a seaside New England town haunted by whispers of arcane lore that remained tantalizingly out of reach to a daughter of well-to-do Baptists. But when her studies at Barnard College in New York lead to an encounter with a secret society, she is offered access to the knowledge she has always sought...if she can pass a test.

Dispatched to California to infiltrate the occult world of a rival magician - a pioneering rocket scientist with ties to the apocalyptic Starry Wisdom Church - Catherine soon discovers that she’s not the only one spying on Jack Parsons. A fledgling government agency devoted to the investigation of weird science in the aftermath of the World War II has assigned a pair of hard-nosed agents to gather information on her target, whose experiments with sex magic and eldritch artifacts are approaching a cosmic crescendo.

Drawn into the volatile chemistry of Jack’s inner circle and tempted with knowledge and power, Catherine must determine what’s at stake for a world threatened by dark forces and decide where her true loyalties lie.

©2019 Douglas Wynne (P)2019 Douglas Wynne

Great Introduction to SPECTRA!

I have always been a fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, but not always a fan of his writing style. Sometimes I just didn't want to work that hard! Douglas Wynne has come to my rescue with stories full of the Great Old Ones, suspense, and horror combined with a modern writing style that conveys every nuance of the world that he wants you to see. Or in this case, hear. This is a wonderful Audible production with Matthew Cohn providing a smooth voice and pronouncing those tongue-tying names so well that even Nyarlathotep himself was pleased!

Well done!

Massively Fun

An excellent mash up of action and occultism, pulp and noir. Definitely checking out the rest of the Spectra series!