Carter & Lovecraft – October 20, 2015

Carter & Lovecraft Hardcover – October 20, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Jonathan L. Howard Page ID: 1250060893

Review

“Carter & Lovecraft is a Pandora’s Box loaded with all of the wonderfully twisted stuff I love, including a two-fisted homicide cop turned P.I., warped realities, a mysterious bookstore, the Cthulhu mythos, a dash of romance, and creepy fish-men. What’s not to love? Jonathan L. Howard knows how to show his readers a wickedly good time.” Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Ringers on Carter & Lovecraft

“Something new under Lovecraft’s leering stars. Once again we discover that H.P. Lovecraft ‘s tales were more than mere fictions, and so is this novelit’s a very good fiction. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for more novels from Mr. Howard (no, not Robert E. but Jonathan L.).” Brian Lumley, author of Necroscope, on Carter & Lovecraft

“So much Lovecraftian fiction misses the point. You want to shake the author and shout, ‘Weren’t you paying attention?’ Jonathan L. Howard gets it right and offers a delightfully original (and non-Euclidean) twist on the mythos and H.P. Lovecraft himself. Highly recommended.” F. Paul Wilson, author of the Repairman Jack series, on Carter & Lovecraft

“Layer by layer, Howard deconstructs the Lovecraftian universe. His detective protagonist is plunged into the heart of a bloody mystery where every step forward brings him closer to doom, and where every revelation peels away the familiar, the known, and finally, all that is rational. Carter & Lovecraft is a sleek, addicting horror novel that gleefully inverts and contradicts Mythos tropes.” Laird Barron, author of The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

“In the cosmic darkness between Sam Spade and Dirk Gently, there’s a nest of tentacles. On that nest of tentacles is Jonathan L. Howard’s Carter and Lovecraft. You are here. It doesn’t get any more weird-boiled than this.” Stephen Graham Jones, author of Growing Up Dead in Texas

“Howards take on Lovecraft and his influence is unexpected and somewhat unique and one of several reasons why this inaugural title is noteworthy.” Bookgasm

“Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice.” Sci-Fi-London on the Johannes Cabal Series

“Genre fans will appreciate Howard’s attention to world building, while more general readers will simply enjoy all the horrific fun.” Booklist on the Johannes Cabal Series

“Howard’s ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future.” Publishers Weekly on the Johannes Cabal Series

“Fans of the original Lovecraft will have their rewards … but this series debut from Howard (Nightclubbing, 2015, etc.) shines brightest when keeping to his characters’ easy banter and creepy deaths.” Kirkus Reviews on Carter & Lovecraft

“This refreshingly original novel updates the eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft for the 21st century.” Publishers Weekly on Carter & Lovecraft

“Howard brings the fine writing and attention to detail (character, dialogue, environment) that he developed in the Cabal series to this new book, and his fans should follow him to Rhode Island. Those unfamiliar with the Cabal books, especially readers with a taste for modern-day urban fantasy, should also be pointed in this titles direction.” Booklist on Carter & Lovecraft

About the Author

JONATHAN L. HOWARD is a game designer, scriptwriter, and a veteran of the computer-games industry since the early nineties, with titles such as the Broken Sword series to his credit. He is the author of the Johannes Cabal series, as well as the YA novels Katya’s World and Katya’s War. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and daughter.

Hardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Thomas Dunne Books (October 20, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1250060893ISBN-13: 978-1250060891 Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1.1 x 8.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #37,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #17 in Books > Literature & Fiction > British & Irish > Horror #62 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Steampunk #283 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts
I will admit I’ve been curious about HP Lovecraft but his work always seemed a bit inaccessible to me. JL Howard, on the other hand, has been one of my favorite novelists from page one of Johannes Cabal Necromancer. Howard is highly literate, wickedly smart and inventive and just generally a great writer for anyone who likes good prose and inventive story lines. His new novel, Carter & Lovecraft is both a continuation and extension of those qualities and I found in this book that he is CLEARLY a Lovecraft fan and in fact has referenced those works in The Cabal series. A series I still follow with great enthusiasm, pleasure and joy. The man is just a great author in a time when editing seems to have virtually gone out the window and creative stories which don’t follow predictable "guidelines" are usually tossed aside the way Hollywood tosses aside new movies in favor of established "blockbusters" that will generate more predictable box-office earnings.

Carter & Lovecraft is both a detective story/mystery and a voyage through "the mountains of madness" as we follow the central characters while they work to suspend their own disbelief and jump down the rabbit hole in order to solve a series of related murders and deaths which seem, on the surface, to be both impossible and factual at the same time. All the while making discoveries about each other, their respective ancestors and the relationships between all of the above, "deaths" included, and the roles they seem destined to play in all of it… which is not to say there isn’t some machinations going on behind the scenes as well.

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