Summoned

Summoned is a young adult Cthulhu Mythos novel by Anne M. Pillsworth, published by Tor (under its Tor Teen imprint) in 2014. It introduces Sean Wyndham, a teenager with Mythos-related magical powers, the central character of Pillsworth's Redemption's Heir series.
The novel is set in both Providence, Rhode Island, and in H. P. Lovecraft's fictional Arkham, Massachusetts, in the year 2006.
==Characters==
Sean Wyndham: A 16-year-old boy from Providence. He turns out to have strong magical aptitude that attracts the interest of both a three-century-old wizard and of the wizard's master, Nyarlathotep. 
Rev. Redemption Orne: An immortal wizard who recruits Sean as a potential apprentice via an email address in a clipping from the Arkham Advertiser of 1895. Born in Cambridgeshire, England, on February 28, 1669, Orne emigrated with his family to Boston in 1681, where he attended Boston Latin School. He graduated from and Harvard College in 1690, and the next year married Patience Bishop of Dunwich, who introduces him to magic. In 1692, Orne becomes head of the Third Congregational Church of Arkham, is granted immortality by Nyarlathotep, and falls afoul of the witch panic in Arkham. His whereabouts since then are not disclosed.
Jeremy Wyndham: Sean's father and sole caretaker since the death of Sean's mother.
Eddy Rosenthal: Sean's best friend, known for her practicality; she tries to warn Sean away from his magical recruitment, and offers naturalistic explanations for his supernatural experiences. A diligent student, she is also agile and wields a baseball bat effectively as a weapon. 
Joseph Jackman Douglass: A middle-aged hippie known as Joe-Jack, he is a carpentry contractor and Sean's boss. He is "skinny, and his ponytail and beard were streaky gray," but "every ounce on him was knotty muscle."
Beowulf Douglass: Joe-Jack's teenage son, and Sean's partner on Joe-Jack's work crew.
Thomas O’Conaghan: A Providence police detective and a member of the Order of Alhazred.
Helen Arkwright: A 25-year-old librarian at Miskatonic University, assistant to the head of the Arcane Studies Archive. She was recommended for the job by her uncle John Arkwright, 
Theophilus Marvell: Head of the Arcane Studies Archives at Miskatonic University's library and a member of the Order of Alhazred.
Solomon Geldman: An alchemist, at least three centuries' old, who has a pharmacy in Arkham that appears to be abandoned unless the right customers come along. He wrote The Keys to Eternity, which was published in Prague in 1705. He has a piebald crow named Boaz as a familiar.
Cybele: Geldman's apprentice and his daughter "after a fashion." Her ointment Cybele's #1 is a supernaturally effective burn treatment.
Nathanial Horrocke: Owner of Horrocke's Bookstore in Arkham, who has an "untarnished reputation" as a rare-book dealer.
==The Order of Alhazred==
An international secret society of "magicians, paramagicians, [and] ordinary people" who "know the truth behind the Cthulhu Mythos, and...work to mitigate the dangers posed by its creatures and adherents."
Henry Arkwright was one of the founders; Lovecraft was a member, "though not a popular one, the way he told tales out of school." Latter-day members include Theophilus Marvell ofFmis Miskatonic's Arcane Studies Archives and Thomas O'Conaghan of the Providence Police Department.
Category:Expanded Mythos Works