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 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 weird tales George
devours.
At 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. 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.
