The Mountain of Madness.

 

"A brilliant innovator who rejected the usual attributes of the 'horror story' in favor of a completely original narrative style. An inventor of a new artistic language, unmatched in the realm of popular literature. A recluse who dedicated his life... to literature of the supernatural. All this is Howard Phillips Lovecraft, a visionary who glimpsed our Universe in its infancy...
This edition continues to introduce readers to the classic 'Cthulhu Mythos.' The book includes novellas and stories about scientists and enthusiasts engaged in incredible explorations of mysterious places on Earth and other planets, unaware of the abysses of antiquity into which it will lead them...
and what nightmarish forms of life they will encounter..."