Worse Angels is the third novel in the [[Isaiah Coleridge Series]], dealing with private detective [[Isaiah Coleridge]] investigating an apparent suicide that took place at a dubious scientific facility. While [[Blood Standard]] and [[Black Mountain]] kept supernatural elements to a minimum, Worse Angels ties Isaiah Coleridge and his adventures to Barron's other, supernatural and cosmic horror works. In Worse Angels, Isaiah Coleridge meets [[Tom Mandibole]], a devious and mysterious character who plays a role in multiple of Barron's stories. He also asks scientist duo [[Toshi Ryoko]] and [[Howard Campbell]] for help and bonds with their bodyguard [[Beasley]]. Isaiah Coleridge deals with a cult that might be (connected to) the [[Children of Old Leech]] and the [[Old Leech]]. There's mention of the recurring concept (machine?) known as the [[Black Kaleidoscope]] in this novel. A magician named [[Jon|Mr. Foote]] appears in the story. We don't know Mr. Foote's first name, but there's an warlock called Jon Foot (without the 'e') in the [[Antiquity]] tale [[Oblivion Mode]] and a warlock named Jon Hand in the Antiquity tale [[A Clutch]]. The novel features a character named Badja Adeyemi, who in the final chapter of the book mentions an uncle with the name Gage. Seeing as both stories take place in the same general area in [[Upstate New York]], this could be the same person as Gage from the later story [[Lern to Dye]]. Jon Foote at some point talks about the recurring Barron concept of [[Ur]] animals. Sean Pruitt alledgedly commited suicide by jumping down one of the shafts of the science facility. According to Dr. Campbell, the science facility itself apparently is constructed like a [[Ouroboros]], which signifies a connection to Old Leech: "There is occult significance to the geometry of the collider and its unfinished portion where he died.” “What significance?” I said. Dr. Campbell touched the map at Shaft 40. “This is where the jaws would be if the ouroboros represented a fracture in reality. Sean’s blood poured into that symbolic maw.” (Worse Angels, chapter 37) #Story #Coleridge