A dark Christmas fantasy and science-fantasy reimagining of the Santa Claus legend.
Claus is the first book in Tony Bertauski’s Claus Universe, where familiar Christmas legends have very unfamiliar origins. Fantasy, mythology, technology, and family collide in a very different story about the man who would become Santa Claus.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Forget the Santa Claus you know. Claus: Legend of the Fat Man reimagines the origins of the Christmas legend through fantasy, science, mythology, and mystery. It is a story about family, sacrifice, identity, and the hidden history behind one of the world’s most familiar myths.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
- Dark Santa and Christmas fantasy readers
- Fans of mythological retellings
- Readers who enjoy science fantasy
- Fans of unconventional origin stories
- Readers who like familiar legends reinvented
PART OF THE CLAUS UNIVERSE
Claus is Book 1 of the Claus Universe. Start here, then continue into Jack, Flury, Mrs. Claus, and the other stories that reveal the hidden mythology of Christmas.
READERS WHO ENJOY
Dark holiday fantasy | Mythological retellings | Science fantasy | Unusual Christmas fiction | Reinvented legends