The Order of the Dragon sends its bloodiest knights, Hieronymus of Tsorn and Prospero of Luchetti, to purge the heretics of the Baltic coast. Yet when death and sorcery thunder them into a realm other than their own, these paladins find themselves beset by beasts, by doubt, and by their own blessed, crumbling minds. Pursued by Walpurga-sworn nun of the Dragon, bride of the Gnosis and lover to a knight-Hieronymus and Prospero themselves seek that which all knights seek: blood, and the redemption found in blood. Inspired by the works of McCarthy, Wolfe, and Chretien de Troyes, CONTRA AMATORES MUNDI is a novella of swords, sorcery, and medieval gothic fantasy.