Nightmare Journey

Nightmare Journey is the account of Jask Zinn, who flees the enclave of “Pures” when it is discovered that he has developed telepathic powers. Jask’s journey, at first aimless and compelled only by Jask’s need to escape, takes purpose when he is joined at various stages by four companions: Tedesco, a bearlike subhuman; Chaney, a wolf-man; Chaney’s wife, Kiera; and Melopina, a human with minor genetic alterations who was conceived in an artificial womb. Together, the five travelers seek and eventually find the Black Presence, an alien power from...