num_pages: 305
description: Another virtuoso blend of horror action and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel. Publishers Weekly In this thrilling adventure a blend of enthralling historical fiction and fantastical horror Matt Ruff returns to the world of Lovecraft Country and explores the meaning of death the hold of the past on the present and the power of hope in the face of uncertainty. Summer 1957. Atticus Turner and his father Montrose travel to North Carolina to mark the centennial of their ancestors escape from slavery but an encounter with an old nemesis leads to a life-and-death pursuit. Back in Chicago George Berry is diagnosed with cancer and strikes a devils bargain with the ghost of Hiram Winthrop who promises a miracle curebut only if George brings Winthrop back from the dead. Fifteen-year-old Horace Berry reeling from the killing of a close friend joins his mother Hippolyta and her friend Letitia Dandridge on a trip to Nevada for The Safe Negro Travel Guide. But Hippolyta has a secretand far more dangerousagenda that will take her and Horace to the far end of the universe and bring a new threat home to Letitias doorstep. Hippolyta isnt the only one keeping secrets. Letitias sister Ruby has been leading a double life as her white alter ego Hillary Hyde. Now the supply of magic potion she needs to transform herself is nearly gone and a surprise visitor throws her already tenuous situation into complete chaos. Yet these troubles are soon eclipsed by the return of Caleb Braithwhite. Stripped of his magic and banished from Chicago at the end of Lovecraft Country  hes found a way back into power and is ready to pick up where he left off. But first he has a score to settle . . .
language: English
title: The Destroyer of Worlds
publisher: Harper