Der König in Gelb

The original, known from the TV series True Detective and the inspiration for H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon. The King in Yellow tells of a terrible book that brings madness and death to anyone who reads it. By the time one realizes the danger, it is already too late. Contents: Cassilda's Song, The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, At the Court of the Dragon, The Yellow Sign, The Maiden d'Ys, The Paradise of the Prophets, The Street of Four Winds. Afterword by Michael Nagula: Robert W. Chambers: A Fantastic Between Poetry and Decadence & The Books of Robert W. Chambers. H. P. Lovecraft: "Chambers reached considerable heights of cosmic horror." E. F. Bleiler: "The most important book in American literature of the uncanny between Poe and the Moderns." A successful work in the style of H. P. Lovecraft. The figure of the King in Yellow is an avatar in the Cthulhu Mythos.