{"product_id":"9781506746333","title":"H.P. Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark (Manga)","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eTanabe, Gou; Tanabe, Gou; Davisson, Zack\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDark Horse Manga\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/27\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young horror writer is obsessed with an abandoned church where the Starry Wisdom sect once prayed to something unnamable. What terrible revelations lie within?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Blake is dead—killed by lightning through an oddly unbroken window, the features of his half-burned face set in a cadaveric spasm. Surely his final look was not one of real fear…after all, he was a writer and artist of imagined horrors and weird fiction. It must have been that imagination too that led young Blake to explore an abandoned church in Providence, its steeple shunned even by the birds—that caused him to write his wild ravings in his diary, of the former Starry Wisdom cult that once worshipped there, of their relic the Shining Trapezohedron, of Azathoth, the blind idiot god who sprawls at the center of all chaos…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final work written by H.P. Lovecraft before his death in 1937, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunter of the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eis also a fascinating example of how Lovecraft developed the Cthulhu Mythos through his circle of writer friends. \u003ci\u003eThe Haunter of the Dark \u003c\/i\u003ewas inspired by and dedicated to the youngest author in the circle, 19 year-old Robert Bloch—who one day would grow up to write the horror classic \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e…!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunter of the Dark \u003c\/i\u003emanga also contains a second Lovecraft short story adapted by Gou Tanabe, the early 1917 work \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDagon\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich introduced the motif of sea-born horror later seen in the Eisner and Harvey-nominated manga \u003ci\u003eH.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow over Innsmouth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTip-in title page in metallic silver ink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 pages in color \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 complete stories in one volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Manga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48946509971711,"sku":"9781506746333","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781506746333","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}