Inception

"Inception" is a short story by British author Brian Lumley. It is the first story in his Titus Crow series, although it was not the first to be written.
==Synopsis==
An international thief who specialises in cultural treasures steals an elixir, which is said to be capable of expanding the mind of the pure, from an African cult. In the process he awakens the sect's undead guardian which pursues him across the world on an unstoppable quest to retrieve the liquid.
Upon reaching London, the thief seeks refuge in one of his childhood sanctuaries: an ancient church. Attempting to divert his pursuer, he disposes of the elixir in an unattended bowl of water, but the creature catches and kills him, although it is itself caught in the early morning rays of the sun and destroyed.
The following morning, a baptism takes place in the church, and a child is granted very special powers.
==Characters==
*The Fugitive, a daring and accomplished thief.
*The Priest of the Undying Dead, a former Sanusi tribal wizard and the undead guardian of the temple for the past 270 years.
*Titus Crow, a baby who has a long association with the occult ahead of him.
==Publication History==
*The Compleat Crow (1987, 1997, 2014, 2015)
*Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales (1994)
*Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! (2003, 2005)
Category:Brian Lumley works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works