DARK MERIDIAN BY MATTHEW TAIT

Peru, 1835, and the Order of Sant'Antonia have just witnessed something that goes against all secular creeds and belief: a molten ball of light has penetrated their sanctuary using the sky as its domain. Nobody has seen anything like it before and Brother Chabuca Cristal knows that one of his own flock is responsible for its presence. For many days the others had noticed the growing insanity of their beloved Brother Meridian; could smell his mounting disturbance like sulpher from the Devil himself. When Brother Meridian is abducted by the flying object and taken away, all except Brother Cristal breathe a sigh of relief that the ordeal is over . . .

Almost two century's later and half a world away Adam Lavas has come back home to the place where his dreams and success defined him; but more than that: he has come home to die . . . The last years of the millenium have seen him gain momentum onto the stage of rock n' roll in a way that not even he could have predicted. His band Murder of Crows became an almost overnight sensation known globally throughout every country and continent.But there is a price - a price not even critical and commercial success can balm. For in the corridors of the creative heart, dark things have always lurked, taking the form of depression, addiction, and some things even worse. So when he finds a certain mansion named Meridian in the hills of Adelaide that nobody seems to know about, it seems like the perfect escape where he can deal with terminating his celebrity status and perhaps himself.

As darkness and time take its place, however, it seems the house has other plans for him altogether: seemingly random advents bring together three strangers into his house that will change everything, perhaps even existence itself . . .

Step into Meridian's halls, and discover doorways into another world...