An Evil Guest » (First Edition)

GENE WOLFE is winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and many other awards. In 2007, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He lives in Barrington, Illinois.

A standalone supernatural horror novel specifically in the Lovecraftian tradition with a 30s noir atmosphere, from the recent winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel (for Soldier of Sidon).

The Barnes & Noble Review

Ambiguous identities. Resolute men and women with curiously opaque motives. An ethical and moral scale at once fluid and adamant, with characters traversing different parts of it unpredictably. Closely observed quotidian details (salad dressing choices) mixed with high fantasy (gods walking the earth). The depiction of a cosmos that inspires both reverence and terror. The bitter necessity of personal sacrifice, even unto the demands of becoming a selfless savior.