An all-new authorized adaptation of one of H. P. Lovecraft's most popular weird tales. Professor George Angell spent decades researching the time-scattered clues of a mysterious cult. Then… suddenly… Angell died. Or was he killed? Francis Thurston insists on finding out what really happened and believes Angell's research is the key: a loathsome, abominable secret that has driven those who have learned it to madness or suicide. But insanity and death pale to the ravening eons-old horror waiting patiently to be released upon humanity.