originally published Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Arkham House 1969
Paul Krug - war orphan, independently wealthy - and hairless with webbed fingers and toes. No wonder he has no friends! So he goes travelling, indulging his fascination with archaeology, and goes in search of the lost and mythical cities of Sarnath and Ib.
He finds the remains of the lost city of Lh-Yib, in the Yorkshire moors. He realizes that he is some kind of reincarnation of the god-thing Bokrug, worshiped by the creatures of Ib.
This early Lumley story has a fair amount of atmosphere, but is ultimately all sizzle and no steak.
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