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The Rats in the Walls: A Positronic Book
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515424406
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
H. P. Lovecraft's The Rats in the Walls is one of the most chilling tales of cosmic horror ever written, uncovering a dark ancestral secret buried beneath an ancient English estate.
After inheriting the ruined Exham Priory, Delapore returns to England to restore the long-abandoned family property. Yet as the reconstruction progresses, strange and unsettling events begin to occur. At night he hears the sound of rats scurrying within the walls-though no one else can find any sign of them.
Obsessed with the mysterious noises, Delapore begins to investigate the history of the estate and the disturbing legends surrounding his family's past. What he ultimately discovers beneath the ancient priory reveals a horrifying secret that stretches back through centuries of hidden depravity and forbidden history.
First published in 1924, The Rats in the Walls is widely regarded as one of Lovecraft's most powerful short works. Combining psychological dread with the author's unique vision of cosmic horror, the story explores themes of ancestry, madness, and the terrible truths that may lie buried beneath civilization itself.
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