BOOKS
To fashion fear into words, one must grasp the pith of power. In the attempt to paint fear in its naked, ugly form in Black Sun Rising, the minds of several scholars were tapped into:
The Origins of Totalitarianism
A thorough examination of the establishment and maintenance of political power in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Exceptionally deep analysis of the mechanisms behind political movements, continental imperialism, and scientific racism. Arendt, Hannah. The Origin of Totalitarianism. London: & U., 1967. Print. |
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
A historical account of the daring officers of the British and Russian Empires who fought in the secret war to wrest control over Central Asia in the 19th century. Hopkirk, Peter. The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia. London: Murray, 1990. Print. |
Agents of Terror: Ordinary Men and Extraordinary Violence in Stalin’s Secret Police
A collection of primary sources on bureaucrats-cum-exeutioners in the nascent secret police apparatus of the Soviet Union. Vatlin, Alexander, Seth Bernstein, and Oleg V. Khlevniuk. Agents of terror: ordinary men and extraordinary violence in Stalin's secret police. Madison, WI: The U of Wisconsin Press, 2016. Print. |
权力的掌控--军机处 (The Mastery of Power)
A history of the Office of Military Intelligence, a department in the Chinese Qing Dynasty used for policy making and the centralization of political power. Provides both official evidences of the Office's operations and anecdotal stories of the Emperors who expanded its power. Xiong, Jianping. Quan Li De Zhang Kong: Jun Ji Chu. Beijing Shi: Zhonghua Shu Ju, 2015. Print. |
Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
Grigori Rasputin--one of the most mysterious and controversial figures of the 20th century. An illiterate peasant of lowly origin, he emerged from obscurity to become a close associate of the Russian Tsar. It is rumored that he was also the queen's lover and an proponent of Russia's involvement in WWI. SMITH, DOUGLAS. RASPUTIN: faith, power, and the twilight of the romanovs. S.l.: PICADOR, 2017. Print. |
The Call of Cthulu
One of the foundational works in the horror genre, The Call of Cthulu explores an unfathomable and apocalyptical fear. This story gave was one of the many inspirations behind the "fear" aspects of Black Sun Rising. P., Lovecraft H. The Call of Cthulu Illustriert Von Kurt Neudorf. Hannover: Scius, 2016. Print. |