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The Trials of Obed Marsh
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Martin
Very good "prequel" to HP Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", telling the story of how Obed Marsh came into contact with the Deep Ones and made his fateful arrangement with them. A lot of this book is supposed to come from documents written by Obed and others in the nineteenth century and I had to take a star off since the writer doesn't quite manage to pull off the style of 1800's writing. Still, this is a good story that makes Obed a surprisingly sympathetic figure. I would recommend it t ...more
Matthew Davenport
Dec 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  (Review from the author)  ·  review of another edition
Chris Harris
Dec 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition