Monsters. Madness. Visions.
1885. Doctor Archibald Shaw and his young friend Singh arrive in England, one month behind the dangerous cult leader, Ananya. They must find her, and soon. Ananya holds a book of untold evil, brought with her from India. A book which could spell doom for all of humanity.
Shaw and Singh are not alone in their search for Ananya and the book. Others want the volume for their own and will stop at nothing to get it. Meanwhile in London's east end, monsters roam the shadows and people are disappearing. Is this also Ananya's doing? Or do these monsters search for her as well?
The world becomes even more nightmarish for Shaw and Singh. The elder god Cthulhu still sleeps, but for how much longer? Shaw fears what he sees in his dreams, and fears what actions he will need to take.
How deep into a world of evil can one man slip?
To save the world, can he do any less?

John Haas is a Canadian author, born and raised in Montreal before moving to Calgary, where he lived for twelve wonderful years. Now he lives in Canada's capital, Ottawa, but still misses seeing those Rocky Mountains in the distance.John has been writing for most of his life, but only became serious about being published in the last decade or so. In that time, he has published twenty short stories in various venues, including Writers of the Future volume 35. His first three novels have also been released-The Reluctant Barbarian (2017), The Wayward Spider (2019) and The Unavoidable Quests (2020), a fun and humorous fantasy trilogy.Currently he is hard at work on the next novel of Shaw and Singh's struggles against the forces of darkness.His goal is to become a full-time writer (rich and famous would be nice too, but not the main goal).He lives with his two wonderful sons who continue to give him motivation, support and time to write.