Lovecraft Country

By Matt Ruff

Book #1 in the Lovecraft Country series

A veteran's quest to find his father uncovers a sinister ritual that could doom his family.

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372 pages· 119,445 words

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In 1954 Chicago, Atticus Turner, a young Army veteran, sets out to find his missing father. Joined by his uncle and a childhood friend, their journey leads to a mysterious manor in New England. There, they confront both the horrors of racism and supernatural threats. Atticus discovers his father imprisoned by a secret society planning a dark ritual centered on him. As the stakes rise, Atticus must navigate a world where magic and malevolence intertwine, threatening his family's very existence. Can he unravel the mystery before it's too late, or will the past's shadows consume them all?

From the publisher

Now an HBO(R) Series from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds 1950s historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George–publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide–and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite–heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors–they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the cosmic horror tales George devours.At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret society named the Order of the Ancient Dawn–led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb–which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his–and the whole Turner clan’s–destruction.A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism–the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.

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