The Inheritance: Chain Letter of the Arts

by Michael Devaney

Could history’s greatest works of art be the product of a dark secret?
Follow artifact hunter, Andrew Game, as he journeys on a clandestine assignment to Providence, Rhode Island hoping to recover an ancient document credited with being the inspiration behind many of the world’s most beloved literary masterpieces.
But when, Cutty Abbott, a young, down on his luck writer with an affinity for antiques unwittingly purchases a trinket box at a local estate sale and discovers the long-lost document hidden a cleverly devised chain letter written by horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft, things get interesting.
Excited by his good fortune, and hastily dismissive of the superstition surrounding chain letters, Cutty eagerly reads the cursed writing, unknowingly setting Lovecraft’s time-sensitive chain into motion.
After a midnight visit from Lovecraft’s ghost warning him of the deadly consequences of not fulfilling the haunted chain, Cutty’s earlier disbelief quickly turns to fear; impelling him on a twisted race against the clock and a sure-fire collision course with Mr. Game.

195 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2014

About the author

Michael Devaney is the author of "The Inheritance", "Death Mask", "The Elisha Pool" & "Hide and Seek." He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1967 and educated at Mercer University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Later studies at Kennesaw State University garnered him a Creative Writing certificate. An outdoor enthusiast, his articles have been published in North American Whitetail magazine and Great Deer Tales. As Staff Writer for the Dark Knight News he's published numerous reviews for Batman related comics. When not writing, Michael enjoys reading, movies, sports and leisure travel with his family. He and wife, Beverly, have two children; son, Owen, here on earth and daughter, Emaleigh, up in heaven.
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