On a fishing trip to rural Ireland two holidaymakers discover an unusually shaped house by a large lake. Inside the house they discover a terrifying journal......in it the houses previous occupant sells of experiencing terrifying visions and of travelling across dimesions to a vast arena...... he also tells of an attack by a brutal swine-creature and of a descent into Hell...William Hope Hodgsons novel is a break from the regular Gothic horror style of his time, delivering a more visceral and immediate horror.
