Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, a British museum curator with a bent for the occult traveled east in search of power and immortality. He was never heard from again. In 1937, a masked crime fighter, the Lobster, faced a magic-wielding madman bent on fulfilling an apocalyptic prophecy. The plans were foiled, and the world saved, but the villain himself disappeared_ Seventy years later, B.P.R.D. agent Liz Sherman began to experience visions of a mysterious gentleman who warned of coming catastrophes. When the Bureau tracked him down, he disappearedand kidnapped Liz. Now, Liz's friends race to find her as their old enemies band together for a final, catastrophic attack. **_The Black Goddess_ is the second of three arcs pulling together threads from the beginning of the seriesand leaving the B.P.R.D. and the world forever changed.**