Insecurity

Alaric Moebius and Basil Fox are two lovable scoundrels looking to make a quick fortune. Basil is a former SAS trooper turned Queen's Guard by day and thief by night. Moebius is an Oxford-educated charmer with a knack for getting into trouble. Together they chase adventure under the patronage of "The Collector," a mysterious billionaire with a taste for rare and valuable supernatural objects of the occult.

In this fifth short story, written by New York Times bestselling authors MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE (Star Wars: X-Wing, Battletech, World of Warcraft) and AARON ALLSTON (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Star Wars: New Jedi Order), the two anti-hero scoundrels set out to steal an item protected by ancient incantations breakable by only one man, an arcanist named Gottlieb who happens to be the biggest competitor of their employer, The Collector. They will need to navigate dangerous political waters -- and dark magical wards -- to con him to their side and secure the treasured "Koln Man," the mummified remains of a 15,000 year old man who is fabled to have been one of Atlantis's sorcerer-princes. Will the two be able to outwit Gottlieb in search of their goal, or will the arcanist turn the tables on them instead?


Genre: Horror