Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 0-87054-066-1 Originally published 1974 OCLC 1136954 | Publication date 1974 Pages xxi, 145 pp Dewey Decimal 823/.9/14 Country United States of America | |
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Genres Horror fiction, Fantasy literature Similar Brian Lumley books, Horror books | ||
Beneath the Moors is a fantasy horror novel by author Brian Lumley. It was published by Arkham House in 1974 in an edition of 3,842 copies. It was Lumley's second book published by Arkham House. The novel is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
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Plot summary
Professor Ewart Masters convalesces at the home of his nephew, after an automobile accident. There he discovers the existence of an ancient Cimmerian city beneath the Yorkshire moors. He proceeds to have dream adventures in the realms of the Great Old Ones.
The short novel incorporates the short story The Sister City by Brian Lumley,1969.
Reception
Gahan Wilson praised the novel as "by far the best thing [Lumley]'s done," with "a really dandy climax" and "a highly successful underground horrorland which is solid, consistent, and well designed."