Mount Misery

Mount Misery, the first volume in the Systema Paradoxa series, explores a world where creatures from myth and legend persist in the shadows. These cryptids inhabit our lakes, skies, and forests, remaining unrecognized by the scientific community despite sightings and photographs. James Chambers presents a paranormal urban fantasy centered on the idea that these beings are not merely legends, but survivors from our past or even other worlds that have always watched humanity from the dark.

Cryptid investigators Ben Keep and Annetta Maikels specialize in peering behind the curtain of accepted reality to study these entities. When a series of inexplicable and eerily similar events occurs around Long Island, the duo must confront a frightening mystery. As they investigate these disturbances, they realize something fundamental has broken behind the veil. This science fiction and fantasy tale follows their attempt to mend a fracture in existence before reality itself unravels.