Author’s Note
The Carpathian Interlude series started out as a bit of fun, a series of novellas in which I thought it would be cool to pit Roman soldiers against Zombies (Immortui), and Werewolves (Lykoi).
But this series turned into much more than simple historical horror or fantasy. It came to be an exploration into the greatest fears of its characters during a time of darkness and war. Through writing these novels, I have come to see Mithraism, not as a trendy exercise in faith among the men of the legions, but as Roman soldiers’ greatest shield against the darkness with which they lived day in and day out.
As a mystery religion, we don’t know much about Mithraism, apart from the fact that the rites were carried out in caves, or cave-like settings, that there were grades of initiates
