AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

In the Antarctic, the windswept Mountains of Madness rise, hiding the gruesome city of the Great Old Ones, which was already ancient when life was born on the planet. Paranoia, terror and death lurk among their towering ice-capped peaks, forever trapped in snow.

The Mountains of Madness is considered by many to be H.P. Lovecraft’s greatest work, since here the nature and origin of the Great Old Ones, their descent to the newborn Earth and the creation of the human species are explained. It also explains the origins of the fearsome Yuggoth, the Mi Go, Yog-Sothoth, the inhuman Kaddath and all the elements that make Cthulhu mythology so terrifying and fascinating.

Also in this volume the reader can find two of the author’s most beautiful and characteristic short stories, the mysterious “The Horror at Red Hook” and the nightmarish “The Colour from Outer Space”.