The Devil Came to Arkham

The Devil Came to Arkham is a Cthulhu Mythos novella by American author Byron Craft, the third in his Arkham Detective series. It was independently published through the CreateSpace platform in March 2017; both paperback and digital editions were released.
==Overview==
==Synopsis==
The coming of enigmatic stranger Corvus Astaroth to Arkham heralds the beginning of an unprecedented heatwave in the area which destroys local crops and saps the strength of the populace. As Astaroth establishes his political power over the city, those who cross him suffer mysterious deaths. Simultaneously, a bizarre wasting disease begins to afflict many of the residents, and Arkham is put under quarantine by the Federal authorities.
With the aid of a dying former policeman and Miskatonic University's Dr. Henry Armitage, the Detective is able to establish that Astaroth is in reality a shapeshifting Night Gaunt, somehow separated from his home in the Dreamlands, and now siphoning off the life-essence of the population for use in a scheme to get back. He and his new partner, rookie cop Matthew Bell, are soon able to defeat the creature using an iron broadsword and, although many have already fallen victim to the illness, those who have not yet succumbed quickly recover.
==Trivia==
*Despite being set during America's Prohibition era (1920-1933 Prohibition at Wikipedia), at one point the Detective notes that the entrance to Astaroth's mansion is large enough to "let in a parade of Sherman tanks"; the Sherman tank was not designed and put into production until 1940 M4 Sherman at Wikipedia.
==Gallery==
The Devil Came to Arkham back.jpeg|Back cover
==References==
Category:Byron Craft works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Novels
Category:The Arkham Detective
Category:Ebooks