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Cathedral of the Drowned

by Nathan Ballingrud

A divided mind in haunted lunar ruins

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A divided mind in haunted lunar ruins

The sequel to *Crypt of the Moon Spider* brings Charlie Duchamp’s two separated halves into the same danger: one is stranded on Io, while the other remains on Earth’s moon, tied to the Moon Spider’s eggs. Their paths converge amid a flooded, crashed Cathedral ship, where a giant centipede called the Bishop controls the drowned astronaut-clergy. The description foregrounds bodily and mental alteration, divided identity, and alien life, with the Moon Spiders’ impending birth adding another threat to the lunar setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in science fiction centered on alien contact and nonhuman life.
  • Those seeking a sequel to *Crypt of the Moon Spider*.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving altered bodies, divided identity, and eerie lunar settings.

Themes

Alien lifeAltered bodies and mindsDivided identityThreat and survival

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Book overview

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award!

The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is an oozing, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds.

There are two halves of Charlie Duchamp's brain. One is in a jar stranded on Jupiter's jungle moon, Io, who just wants to go home to the woman he loves. The other half is still locked in his body, hanging from a wall in Barrowfield Home on Earth's own moon, host to the eggs of the Moon Spider and filled with a murderous rage.

On Io, deep in the flooded remains of a crashed Cathedral ship, lives a giant centipede called the Bishop, who has taken control of the drowned astronaut-clergy inside. Both Charlies converge here, stalking each other in the haunted ruins, while more Moon Spiders prepare to be born.

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