Mind's Horizon

Astral Lands Mythos, Book 1

By: Eric Malikyte

Narrated by: Matt Hicks

Humanity’s time is done.

A modern ice age has all but stamped out human civilization and left the Earth nearly uninhabitable. For Ira Hartman and the dysfunctional band of survivors that surround her, all that’s left of the old world are ghosts trapped beneath the still forming ice sheets.

Living in retrofitted tunnels beneath Riverside, California, scrounging for food, supplies, and desperately trying not to kill each other, things could be worse; but when an accident causes the generators powering their shelter’s heating system to be destroyed, hope seems to have run out.

That is until Ira discovers a strange heat signature in the San Bernardino mountains, and it leads to a secret military research facility housed deep within the mountain.

At first, it seems like the perfect shelter. Plenty of rations. Water. Warmth. Then they discover the remnants of horrifying experiments. Corpses, strapped to operating tables, horror etched on decomposing faces, experiment rooms filled with strange machines and occult symbols, and the logs of a raving lunatic. The unmistakable feeling that something is watching them, waiting in the cold, tubular concrete tunnels, in the shadows.

What Ira and the others don’t know might just kill them.

The OEI Archives series is perfect for fans of The Magnus Archives, Archive 81, and Old Gods of Appalachia.

©2019 Eric Malikyte (P)2025 Eric Malikyte

I enjoyed it

well written cosmic horror within
good good good good good good good good good good good nice scary

It's ok, not great, but worth a listen

It was a bit predictable, very Lovecraftian. It's worth a listen if you're really looking for something Lovecraft. I'm glad I used a credit and not cash to get it though

Loved it

Why aren’t there more lovecraftian cosmic horror books written like this? They all seem to be short story collections! This blends cosmic horror with some new weird and it is excellent!

Way better than I expected!

Kudos to the author and narrator. The story was original and well written, while the narration did well in promoting it.

you are amazing!

I loved it, the lovecraft feel with the ever since of death from every direction makes this a shocking and all around great story. 10/10 would listen to again... and I am.