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Synopsis
Recent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio station is said to make living men insane and dead men rise.
Southern Gods: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This is a dark adult horror-fantasy with strong violence, disturbing supernatural elements including the dead rising, graphic body horror, themes of insanity, and strong language typical of post-WWII noir fiction.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include gore, death, and violence (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers who love atmospheric horror mixing blues music, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and Lovecraftian terror will find this compulsively dark and mysterious.