Brian Lumley is an international horror phenomenon, with books
published in thirteen countries, including China, the Czech Republic,
Germany, Japan, Russia, and Spain. More than two million books have
been sold in his Necroscope series alone, but that barely taps the
potential of this wildly imaginative author. Lumley's horror often
crosses the dividing lines between fantasy and horror or between
science fiction and horror. The Psychomech Trilogy, of which Psychamok
is the conclusion, is a perfect blend of science fiction, adventure,
and horror, combining in a fast-paced whirlwind of a story that leaves
the reader doubting the evidence of his or her own senses.
Richard
Garrison was once a corporal in the British Military Police, until a
terrorist's bomb destroyed his eyesight and his career. Repaying
Garrison for saving his wife and child from the blast, millionaire
industrialist Thomas Schroeder introduced him to the Psychomech, an
amazing machine that could either gift its users with astonishing
mental powers – or destroy them utterly.
Having successfully
harnessed the Psychomech, Garrison discovered the Psychosphere, a
strange plane of existence where mental abilities were all. Thought
became intent, word became deed, and Garrison became like unto a god.
Two
decades later, Garrison is utilizing his unique powers to explore the
universe. On Earth, his son, Richard Stone, is happily in love, until
his beloved falls victim to "The Gibbering," a plague of madness that
destroys men and women by destroying their minds. There is no obvious
cause. There is no cure. There are no survivors.
When Richard
Stone himself is infected by the Gibbering, the mental powers he
inherited from his father enable him to defeat the madness, at least
for a while. Then, to his horror, Stone discovers that the Psychomech
has run amok and that the Gibbering is the result! Even though the
insanity it creates batters his struggling mind, Stone realizes he is
the only man with the knowledge and power capable of destroying the
berserker mind-machine.
The son of Garrison is at war with Psychomech. Who will survive the final battle, man or machine?
