Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes lacking, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on the road trip to New Britain to discover him, followed by his Uncle George – publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide – and his years as a child friend Letitia. On the journey towards the manor of Mr. Braithwhite – heir towards the estate that owned among Atticus’s ancestors – they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that appear straight from the weird tales George devours..Read More about Lovecraft Nation: TV Tie-In

In the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner with a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn – led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb – which includes gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers around Atticus. And his one hope of salvation could be the seed of his – and the whole Turner clan’s – damage.

An imaginative mixture of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across period, touching diverse associates of two dark families, Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Nation is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism – the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.