Auminous - Occultus Ecclesia, #1

Millennia ago, a wise man discovered the secret of tuning to the quantum world. In the modern era, humanity is under threat from the Exodus Occultus. Can Hermes' plan for the Great Work be stopped?When Konner Lavi, a disabled photographer, stumbles into Silva Isle, Colorado, to make a weekend buck shooting a wedding, he finds himself entangled in the local folklore of a mysterious cult that is said to meet a quota of blood based on the phase of the moon.
Stirrings of shadowy beings called syres run amok, along with missing person reports. Is it all bunk? Or is there something more sinister at play?Euthalia Chrysant thinks the word cult is a bit unrefined. She's a fine tunist, one of the top-ranked in the Auminous Sect. The Auminous Sect are practitioners of the dark science handed down by Hermes Trismegistus, the Philosopher King. Her goal? To occult the profane masses through the Great Work of tuning.
And maybe redden her lipstick a little while she's at it... Xantheus Eizencroft would skin you alive if you referred to a tunist using such pathetic terms as "witch" or "cultist." In fact, he's done it many times. Too many to count. He's always down for having a blast. There's a reason his Auminous moniker is Xantheus the Death. The world that Hermes envisions is one of noble aspirations, but only for those worthy of attaining enlightenment through tuning.
Will Konner answer destiny's call? Or will the Auminous Sect raise the age of golden men from the depths of the corridors of time, leading to a mass culling and a world reborn?The Occultus Ecclesia Series has but one question to ask. Who has the true Light?