Chicago, 1954. When his father 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 Georgepublisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guideand his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Samuel Braithwhiteheir to the estate that owned one of Atticus's ancestorsthey encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.
Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal, the Order of the Ancient Dawnled by Braithwhite and his son, Calebwhich has gathered to perform a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of hisand 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 racismthe terrifying specter that still haunts us today.
