Stripped of his magic and banished from Chicago at the end of Lovecraft Country, he's found a way back into power and is ready to pick up where he left off. Yet these troubles are soon eclipsed by the return of Caleb Braithwhite. 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. Letitia's sister, Ruby, has been leading a double life as her white alter ego, Hillary Hyde. Share Also available in Hardback US27.03 CD-Audio US38.42 3.98 (435 ratings by Goodreads) List price: US27.99. Ruff renders a very high-concept, imaginary world with suc. The Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff, 9780063256927, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Hippolyta isn't the only one keeping secrets. Read 10 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. But Hippolyta has a secret-and far more dangerous-agenda that will take her and Horace to the far end of the universe and bring a new threat home to Letitia's doorstep. Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Carolina to mark the centennial of their ancestor's escape from slavery, but an encounter with an old nemesis leads to a life-and-death pursuit.īack in Chicago, George Berry is diagnosed with cancer and strikes a devil's bargain with the ghost of Hiram Winthrop, who promises a miracle cure-but only if George brings Winthrop back from the dead.įifteen-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. 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. Fans will find this a worthy sequel.'- Publishers Weekly 'Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor.

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