Three tales from the edge of reason, inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Myth-Cycle of the Old Ones...In "The Watcher at the Gate", Soviet Red Army soldiers confront an invisible and terrifying enemy in occupied Budapest at the end of World War II. Strange shadows emerge from the ruins of Gothic spires, and a hardened veteran fights for his sanity and soul in the face of unspeakable revelations.In "Protocol", a man seeks escape from the madness of an alien-occupied Earth through a radical and innovative surgical procedure.In "And Their Eyes Were Opened", an imprisoned revolutionary makes a final stand against his grotesque gaolers.Three stories to expand the horizons of reality... a Triptych of Madness.