The Burrower Beneath

"The Burrower Beneath" is a short story by American author Robert M. Price.
==Synopsis==
The sorcerer Eibon relates the story of how, in his youth, he sought the secret to eternal life despite the warnings of his elders, and how the revelation put paid to that quest.
On the trail of Koth-Serapis, an evil wizard said to have already learned and employed the secret, he travels first to Lemuria and consults with the spectre of Sharajsha, who guides him on his way with another dire warning.
Following the instructions which lead him to the Vale of Pnath, he encounters a colossal worm which devours the souls of the dead, but soon comes to the realisation that this creature is in fact Koth-Serapis, and that his transformation is the price which must be paid for the prize.
==Characters==
*Eibon, a sorcerer of Atlantis.
*Sharajsha, the shade of a long-dead wizard.
*Koth-Serapis, a once-human mage, now an enormous worm-like abomination.
==Publication History==
*Fungi #16 (1997)
*The Book of Eibon (2002)
*Blasphemies & Revelations (2008)
Category:Robert M. Price works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works