Before the Flood

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 Before the Flood is copyright © 2015 JOHN HOULIHAN

The Flood universe © 2015 JOHN HOULIHAN

Published by Modiphiüs Entertainment

All rights reserved.

First edition December 2016

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All rights reserved, no reproduction in any form or media without
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artists of a chance to earn their livelihood, support them by being
proud to buy! Especially if you want to read any sequels.

This is a work of fiction, any resemblance to anyone living or dead is entirely

coincidental. John Houlihan asserts the moral right to be recognised as the
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author of the work according to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

The Modiphiüs logo is copyright © 2012–2013 Modiphiüs Entertainment Ltd.

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Published by Modiphiüs Entertainment Ltd.
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Any unauthorised use of copyrighted material is illegal.

Any trademarked names are used in a historical or

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fictional manner; no infringement is intended.

This is a work of fiction. Any similarity with actual people and
events, past or present, is purely coincidental and unintentional except
for those people and events described in historical context.

Find out more about Achtung! Cthulhu and other Modiphiüs Entertainment
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Modiphiüs Entertainment product number: MUH050558

ISBN 978-1-910132-71-5

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 John Houlihan has been a writer, journalist and broadcaster for over twenty years,
working in news, sport and especially videogames. He has been employed by The Times,
Sunday Times and Cricinfo and is the former Editor-in-Chief of Computer and Video
Games.com. He currently works for Modiphiüs Entertainment as a narrative designer
and for Wizards of the Coast as Editor-in-Chief of Dragon+ magazine.

His first novel was Tom or The Peepers’ and Voyeurs’ Handbook and more recently he
has written The Trellborg Monstrosities, The Crystal Void and Tomb of the Aeons in the

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Tales of the White Witchman series. The Trellborg Monstrosities has also been converted
into a game scenario for Call of Cthulhu and Savage Worlds which is published
by Modiphiüs.

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He has recently published The Cricket Dictionary, a modern guide to the words, phrases
and sayings of the greatest of all games and has also edited a collection of short
stories called Dark Tales from the Secret War which is published by Modiphiüs set in
the Achtung! Cthulhu universe. Forthcoming work includes a sci-fi novel A Late
Flowering Deity.
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Away from the written word he has an unnatural fondness for cricket, football, snow-
boarding, cycling, music, playing guitar and all forms of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. He
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has an unnatural dread about writing about himself in the third person and currently
lives in his home town of Watford in the UK, because, well frankly, someone has to.

For latest news and information see http://www.John-Houlihan.net or follow

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@johnh259 on Twitter

Cover Illustration is by Borja Pindado who is a freelance illustrator living in Madrid

with his wife and his daughter. He spends most of his time drawing on his computer
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fantasy art and comics, drinking coca-cola, listening to music and, from time to time,
collaborating with other artists.You can see his portfolio at http://borjapindado.com.

Cover design and typography by Thomas Shook a graphic designer based Westerm
Australia, with his wife and two kids. Cover is based on the original work of
Mark Mitchell.

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 ALSO BY JOHN HOULIHAN

The Seraph Chronicles

The Trellborg Monstrosities
The Crystal Void
The Crystal Void Illustrated Edition
Tomb of the Aeons
Before The Flood

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The Seraph Chronicles Volume One: Tales of the White Witchman

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Tom or the Peepers’ and Voyeurs’ Handbook
The Cricket Dictionary
Dark Tales from the Secret War (as editor)
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 THANKS

Special thanks to Martin Korda for his eagle eye, solid

advice and enduring friendship
Thanks to my panel of readers, especially
Paul Barker and Adam Selby-Martin

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