Clear the Air

"Clear the Air" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Brian M. Sammons which forms a part of the Arkham Detective Agency series begun by the late C. J. Henderson.
==Synopsis==
CIA killer Lester Parker, who specialises in jobs involving mythos-related cults, has infiltrated a cell of eco-terrorists calling themselves the Clear the Air Coalition. Now ordered to terminate the group, he discovers that it’s leader, Daniel Chang, is an ancient Chinese sorcerer who believes that the modern-day proliferation of electronic signals is cutting him and his followers off from communion with their dark master Cthulhu. Chang is killed by Parker at the story's conclusion.
==Characters==
*Lester "Les" Parker, a CIA contractor with a long history of involvement in the war against occult forces (see Trivia, below).
*Daniel Chang, an occultist in service to Cthulhu.
*Frank Nardi, a senior partner in the Arkham Detective Agency.
==Publication History==
"Clear the Air" was published in the Dark Regions Press anthology Arkham Detective Agency, which Sammons also edited, in November 2017.
==Trivia==
*Although included as part of the Arkham Detective Agency series, the story only has the most tangential of connections to the Agency.
*"Lester Parker" is hinted to be the CIA operative from Sammons' 2014 collaboration with Glynn Owen Barrass, "Dark Cell": at the beginning of the story, Parker mentions that he had been assigned the name by his handlers, and that his previous name had been Jordan.
Category:Brian M. Sammons works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works