The Rat King

"The Rat King" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by author Troy Young. It is the first story in Book 2 of his Nyarlathotep Cycle.
==Synopsis==
Newly-recruited Malcolm Mayweather and senior agent Mindy Nguyen investigate the appearance of strange rats in a dying farming community. They uncover a cultist dedicated to an entity named Meph’hibb’anauth, and the plan to use his control over a legion of rats to spread pestilence and destruction. Using their mundane-world skills, they are able to kill the man and blow up his rat minions in an abandoned grain elevator.
==Characters==
*Malcolm Mayweather, a firefighter-turned-government agent.
*Mindy Nguyen, a seasoned veteran in the employ of the Department of Extraordinary Phenomena.
*Harjit Singh, Mayweather and Nguyen's director.
*Ned Parker, a local farmer.
==Publication History==
"The Rat King" was published in The Other: Encounters with the Cthulhu Mythos Book 2 in 2020.
Category:Troy Young works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works