NowanHBO(R)SeriesfromJ.J.Abrams(ExecutiveProducerofWestworld),MishaGreen(CreatorofUnderground)andJordanPeele(DirectorofGetOut)ThecriticallyacclaimedcultnovelistmakesvisceraltheterrorsoflifeinJimCrowAmericaanditslingeringeffectsinthisbrilliantandwondrousworkoftheimaginationthatmeldshistoricalfiction,pulpnoir,andLovecraftianhorrorandfantasy.Chicago,1954.WhenhisfatherMontrosegoesmissing,22-year-oldArmyveteranAtticusTurnerembarksonaroadtriptoNewEnglandtofindhim,accompaniedbyhisUncleGeorge--publisherofTheSafeNegroTravelGuide--andhischildhoodfriendLetitia.OntheirjourneytothemanorofMr.Braithwhite--heirtotheestatethatownedoneofAtticus’sancestors--theyencounterbothmundaneterrorsofwhiteAmericaandmalevolentspiritsthatseemstraightoutoftheweirdtalesGeorgedevours.Atthemanor,Atticusdiscovershisfatherinchains,heldprisonerbyasecretcabalnamedtheOrderoftheAncientDawn--ledbySamuelBraithwhiteandhissonCaleb--whichhasgatheredtoorchestratearitualthatshockinglycentersonAtticus.Andhisonehopeofsalvationmaybetheseedofhis--andthewholeTurnerclan’s--destruction.Achimericalblendofmagic,power,hope,andfreedomthatstretchesacrosstime,touchingdiversemembersoftwoblackfamilies,LovecraftCountryisadevastatingkaleidoscopicportraitofracism--theterrifyingspecterthatcontinuestohauntustoday.
