The Night of Dagon

The Night of Dagon is a Cthulhu Mythos novel by American author Brandon Berntson, the first in his Lovecraft Mysteries series of supernatural detective books. It was independently published in June 2018, with both paperback and digital editions receiving a release.
==Synopsis==
After taking on a job to steal an artefact with magical powers, private investigator Devlin Macky finds himself embroiled in a plot to summon forth the voracious Great Old One Dagon. Macky must find a way to thwart the evil sorcerer Mordred Haddonfield to save the town of Innsport and, maybe, the entire world.
==Plot==
===Chapter 1===
Innsport private detective Devlin Macky meets Mordred Haddonfield, a wealthy recluse with an interest in ancient artefacts. Haddonfield hires him to retrieve the Silver Bluebell, which he claims was stolen from him by museum curator Creighton Capshaw. Despite some police attention, Macky is successful, and hands the Bluebell over to his client.
===Chapter 2===
Macky's secretary and love interest Millie Von Clydesburgh is introduced, police officers Givens and Bardhoff question him about the previous night's robbery at the museum, and he accepts the case of Mrs. Gloria Trelane, whose husband never returned home from work the evening before.
===Chapter 3===
Haddonfield and his servant Borgas sacrifice the captive Casper Trelane to the monstrous Dagon.
===Chapter 4===
Macky begins his investigation into the missing Casper Trelane, and eventually a stroke of luck sees him find a witness to the man's abduction. Deducing that the kidnapper was Borgas, he makes the resolution to investigate his sinister former client more thoroughly.
===Chapter 5 ===
As the investigation progresses, Macky questions Haddonfield, his daughter Vivian, and Borgas. Although they give nothing away, he realises that they are lying about their involvement with the disappearance of Casper Trelane.
===Chapter 6===
Sneaking on to Haddonfield's coastal estate, Macky discovers Dagon's sacrificial site, evidence that Trelane had been there, and the tracks of something hungry and terrible crawling from the ocean. Later, he interviews museum curator, a man named Creighton Capshaw, and the two form a pact, agreeing that they must put a stop to Haddonfield and Dagon.
===Chapter 7===
Returning to his office, Macky and Millie share a personal moment and a kiss before the police arrive with more questions. Macky tells them everything he has discovered, and asks them to continue looking into Haddonfield and his scheme in his stead, as he believes that the authorities will be able to accomplish more with the cultists than he can alone.
===Chapter 8===
Macky makes his way to Innsport's Shady District, a run-down slum, where he tracks down Bradley "Boom-boom" Denton, an old colleague and explosives expert, from whom he procures some dynamite with which to combat the awakening Dagon. He also learns that Boom-boom, in his pyromaniacal insanity, has rigged explosives across much of the city, hiding them in sewers and abandoned buildings.
===Chapter 9 ===
As the sun sets, Macky makes his way back to his car, but is accosted by a horde of fish-like humanoids. Although he manages to evade them, the arrival of Borgas initiates a high-speed chase back to the more reputable areas of town. After a detour to his office to obtain Millie's address, he heads to her house only to find that Borgas has made it there first. Fortunately for her, Millie owns a gun, and has seemingly shot him dead.
===Chapter 10===
Millie and Macky travel to Haddonfield's estate, just in time to witness the bridal ceremony between Dagon and Vivian. They rescue the two police officers, Givens and Bardhoff, who have been captured and prepared as sacrifices. While the officers and Millie return to Innsport to evacuate the city ahead of Dagon's rampage, Macky remains behind, intending to try and stop the monstrous being, but is knocked unconscious by a returned Borgas.
===Chapter 11===
Coming to in restraints, Haddonfield explains that Borgas is an undead creature, immune to most mortal injuries, before laying out his plans: Vivian is to become Dagon's new bride, providing the creature with a fertile breeding ground with which to produce an army of its minions, destroying Innsport before moving on to the rest of the world. Resourceful as ever, Macky manages to escape his bonds, and kill both Haddonfield and Borgas - for good this time - before blowing up Dagon's means to reproduce with dynamite.
===Chapter 12===
As the police continue with their evacuation, Macky and Millie reunite just in time to witness Boom-boom lure Dagon into the Shady District, where he proceeds to activate his explosives and blow much of the District and the monstrous creature to kingdom come.
===Chapter 13===
In the aftermath, Capshaw dumps the melted and shattered Silver Bluebell into the deep ocean, Boom-boom begins the long journey to recovery, Bardhoff marries a shy young bookshop owner, and Macky and Millie decide to take a vacation. 
==Gallery==
The Night of Dagon 2.jpeg|Paperback illustration; this image has since replaced the one shown in the infobox as the digital edition cover
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