Young Howard Lovecraft begins his adventure by going to the Butler Sanitarium with his mother to visit his father Winfield Lovecraft| a patient there who has beendriven mad by something he's done. Howard's father goes into a spasm of paranoia and fear| begging his son to destroy a book that he should have never written. Theboy doesn't scream during the incident| but does go home with a small gift - a paper star made by his father. Once home| Howard's curiosity is too much and he beginsto read his father's book. He's drawn into a dark| cold world of magic and deceit. The book tells of a place - R'yleh - a "kingdom described as an unholy marriage offairy tales and nightmares." Unwittingly| the boy reads a few words written in the book in a strange language - and is sucked through a whole in the fabric of theuniverse. He meets a Deep One| Thu Thu Hmong| who initially tries to eat Howard but comes around after the boy saves the creature's life. Howard| who fails topronounce the ...