Beneath the Moors

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Title Beneath the Moors

Dust-jacket illustration by Herb Arnold for Beneath the Moors
Author Brian Lumley
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Horror novel, Fantasy novel
Publisher Arkham House
Released 1974
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xxi, 145 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-87054-066-1

Beneath the Moors is a fantasy horror novel by author Brian Lumley. It was published by Arkham House in 1974 in an edition of 3,842 copies. It was Lumley's second book published by Arkham House. The novel is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Professor Ewart Masters convalesces at the home of his nephew, after an automobile accident. There he discovers the existence of an ancient Cimmerian city beneath the Yorkshire moors. He proceeds to have dream adventures in the realms of the Great Old Ones.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 107. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 50. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 131. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 118. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.