Night Reich: Tales of the Decoverse, #1

By John B. Pyka

In the final days of WWII, Adolph Hitler made a pact with Dracula to create an army of vampire Nazis. Only the combined might of Earth's heroes can save the planet from an apocalyptic nightmare!

 

Join the Blue Phantom, Maxwell Marvel, Kotah the Black Lion and assembled heroes of the Decoverse for a two-fisted showdown of epic proportions!

 

Night Reich begins the Tales of the Decoverse!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Seventh Star Press
• Release date: Apr 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798447914073

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Acknowledgements

Night Reich

About the Author

Night Reich

Tales of the Decoverse Vol. 1

John B. Pyka

Copyright © 2021 by John B. Pyka

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be copied or transmitted in any form, electronic or otherwise, without express written consent of the publisher or author.

Cover design:German Creative

Cover art in this book copyright © 2021 German Creative & Seventh Star Press, LLC.

Editor: Stephen Zimmer

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Publisher’s Note:

Night Reich is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are the product of the author’s imagination, used in fictitious manner. Any resemblances to actual persons, places, locales, events, etc. are purely coincidental.

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Acknowledgements

This story is dedicated to the memory of Logan Masterson, who gave the story the title Night Reich. Logan is missed but his legacy lives on.

I want to thank Seventh Star Press for supporting my original vision for this project. They are not just publishing partners, but I count Holly and Stephen as close friends.

I also want to thank my friends and foes who motivate me to create. To the friends, thank you for the support over the years. To the foes, thank you for giving me motivation to prove you wrong.

Finally, for my father whose wild adventures inspired me to live my own adventures. Love you pop! You will be missed.

-John B. Pyka

Night Reich

Chapter One

They call me the Blue Phantom, and I had a feeling this was a bad idea.

Over the last few months, there had been a series of mysterious murders in Chicago. Not your standard run-of-the-mill murders, either. These were bloody, grisly murders.

Most disturbing was who the victims were. The victims of this rash of murders were other mystery men like me, costumed vigilantes, heroes with colorful names like the Red Mask, the Ghost, and the Black Spider.

It wasn’t just in Chicago, either. Reports of heroes being found dead in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and even Cuba had been making headlines for months. When my sometimes-partner Red Raven was reported murdered in Chicago, I couldn’t ignore it anymore—for all I knew I was next on the hit list.

My investigations led me here, to the abandoned Trans-Berlin Shipping warehouse. It had been shut down at the start of the war in Europe. Chicago could tolerate a lot of lowlifes, but even Chicago drew the line at Nazis. I wasn’t sure how, but I was certain that the murders were connected to the origin of the warehouse.

Little did I know how bad it really was. I was certain that whoever was responsible was holed up inside.

I tickled the twin, ivory-handled Colt .45s I wore on each shoulder. I know, doesn’t sound fancy, but they get the job done. Besides, it isn’t my shooting skills that criminals fear—it’s my ability to melt, or phase, into the shadows and travel as a part of the darkness. Wherever there is darkness, I can go.

That scares the crap out of scum, knowing that something can come out of