It should be noted the HBO series is much different than the first book. Fresh off their victory against the evil, yet conflicted sorcerer, Caleb Braithwhite, our heroes in the Berry and Freeman families seek to stay out of trouble for a little longer, while some still enjoy the benefits of the magic spells from the first book.
This latest book, “ The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country ,” picks up a couple years from where we last left our protagonists. Ruff’s latest book, and the follow up to his 2016 novel, “ Lovecraft Country ,” which was made into a well-received 2020 HBO series, definitively follows the vein of the first book, with all the memorable characters returning in a world in which only Ruff could create. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his-and the whole Turner clan’s-destruction.Ī chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of one black family, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism-the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.Matt Ruff is back with a new “ Lovecraft Country” book, proving he still has what it takes to keep this fan-favorite franchise alive and well. Braithwhite-heir to the estate that owned Atticus’s great grandmother-they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.Īt the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal 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. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two 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. 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 historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.Ĭhicago, 1954.
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