Bane of Nightmares Author:Adrian Cole The four horsemen thundered through the echoing canyons of my mind, and I saw again the terrible dreams of my own youth. I understood them now, for I had seen Karkesh in blazing ruins and had watched the pain-filled faces of the dying. I relived the horrors of Karkesh as the armies of the barbarians had ridden in, cutting down all in their path.