Way of the Worm

The third and final novel in Ramsey Campbell's triumphant Lovecraftian trilogy, The Three Births of Daoloth, where time travel, monstrous evil and the alien apocalypse combine to create a stunning conclusion for streaming TV lovers and suspense readers alike.

"With The Way of the Worm, Campbell’s cosmic trilogy comes to a triumphant conclusion." — S.T. Joshi

Book 3 in the Three Births of Daoloth trilogy.

The present. The cult that has been growing since The Searching Dead now operates openly throughout the world. Their leader, Christian Noble, is almost a century old and inhumanly vital. Dominic Sheldrake joins the cult and learns their secret of travelling through time, but only to be faced with the monstrous future the cult is invoking.

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About the author

Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Summary

The present. The cult that has been growing since The Searching Dead now operates openly throughout the world. Their leader, Christian Noble, is almost a century old and inhumanly vital. Dominic Sheldrake joins the cult and learns their secret of travelling through time, but only to be faced with the monstrous future the cult is invoking.

Foreword

In Campbell's Lovecraftian masterpiece an alien apocalypse is poised to engulf the world. His "cosmic trilogy comes to a triumphant conclusion." (S.T. Joshi)

Additional text

Praise for Books 1 and 2 in the trilogy:

"This is Campbell at the height of his powers, proving once again that he is a master of the genre." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Searching Dead, book 1

"A return to and a revisioning of some of his earliest imaginings, the trilogy is a kind of autobiography of its protagonist, in which his lifelong struggle with a supernatural agency occurs against the backdrop of post-war British history. The result is a magisterial work, though such a description scants the novels’ propulsive readability. It’s another remarkable achievement in a career full of them." — Locus Magazine Review of The Searching Dead, book 1

"This novel is not only the start of an awesome horror epic by a master, but also a compelling coming-of-age story about a budding writer finding his way in a terrifying world." — Library Journal Review of The Searching Dead, book 1

"I’m very much looking forward to the third and final installment of this excellent trilogy." — Horror Delve

"I highly recommend this trilogy for new Ramsey Campbell fans like myself. This seems like the best possible introduction to his body of work." — Sadie Hartmann for Cemetery Dance on Book 1

Praise for Ramsey Campbell:

“An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that.” — Guillermo del Toro

“Good horror writers are quite rare, and Campbell is better than just good.” —Stephen King

“He is unsurpassed in the subtle manipulation of mood... You forget you’re just reading a story.” — Publishers Weekly

“Britain’s most respected living horror writer.” — Oxford Companion to English Literature

“One of the century’s great literary exponents of the gothic and horrific.” — The Guardian

“Easily the best horror writer working in Britain today.” — Time Out

“The John Le Carre of horror fiction.” — Bookshelf, Radio 4

“Britain’s greatest living horror writer.” — Alan Moore

“Britain’s leading horror novelist.” — New Statesman

“I would say that only five writers have written serious novels which incorporate themes of fantasy or the inexplicable and still qualify as literature: T. E. D. Klein, Peter Straub, Richard Adams, Jonathan Carroll and Ramsey Campbell." — Stephen King

“The most sophisticated and highly regarded of British horror writers.” — Financial Times

“He writes of our deepest fears in a precise, clear prose that somehow manages to be beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He is a powerful, original writer, and you owe it to yourself to make his acquaintance.” — Washington Post

“One of the few who can scare and disturb as well as make me laugh out loud. His humour is very black but very funny, and that’s a rare gift to have.” — Mark Morris, The Observer

“For sheer ability to compose disturbing, evocative prose, he is unmatched in the horror/fantasy field... He turns the traditional horror novel inside out, and makes it work brilliantly." — Fangoria

"Ramsey Campbell is not only the most important horror writer we have, he is also one of the most important writers we have — period." — Stephen Jones 

"He is a living legend whose name is mentioned in the same breadth as M.R. James, Arthur Machen and H.P. Lovecraft." — John Gilbert (Winner of British Fantasy Award, editor of FEAR magazine.)

"I can lose myself in a Ramsey Campbell story. I mean this literally. My world will not make sense. That the Ramsey Campbell I have known for almost forty years now is cheerful, affable, sensible, and profoundly sane, and in all ways a delight to know, does not lessen the effect of the fiction on me as a reader." — Neil Gaiman  

“A horror writer in the classic mould... Britain’s premier contemporary exponent of the art of scaring you out of your skin.” — Q Magazine

“In Campbell’s hands words take on a life of their own, creating images that stay with you, feelings that prey on you, and people you hope never ever to meet.” — Starburst

“Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M. R. James.” — Times

Product details

• Authors: Ramsey Campbell
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781787585683
• ISBN: 978-1-78758-568-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Three Births of Daoloth
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Horror & supernatural fiction, Flame Tree Press