The Clock of Dreams is a novel by British author Brian Lumley and is the third in his Titus Crow series of Mythos fiction.
Overview[]
“ | Titus Crow and his faithful companion and record-keeper fight the gathering forces of darkness-the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu and his dark minions are bent on ruling the earth. A few puny humans cannot possibly stand against these otherworldly evil gods, yet time after time, Titus Crow drives the monsters back into the dark from whence they came. The Clock of Dreams is the third book in the Titus Crow series. | „ | |
~ Publishers description |
Synopsis[]
After leaving Elysia in the space/time machine De Marigny's Clock, Titus Crow and Tiania travel to the Earth's Dreamlands in order to discover why so many of the allies of the Elder Gods there have suddenly gone quiet.
After investigating the situation, the two discover a plot by the entity known as the Fly-the-Light to enslave the people of the Dreamlands with the aid of the Men of Leng. After a series of events involving the capture of both Crow and Tiania, Crow's friend Henri-Laurent de Marigny travels to the Dreamlands and effects a rescue, after which the trio rid the land of the Fly-the-Light and are able to throw the Men of Leng out of the cities.
The book concludes with Crow, Tiania, and de Marigny forging alliances with some of the inhabitants of the Dreamlands - including Randolph Carter - in preparation for the upcoming war against the Cthulhu Cycle Deities.
Characters[]
- Titus Crow, an occultist with a desire to rid the universe of the Cthulhu Cycle Deities.
- Tiania, Crow's lover and expert on the Cthulhu Cycle Deities.
- Henri-Laurent de Marigny, Crow's best friend and fellow occultist.
- Professor Wingate Peaslee, a senior member of the Wilmarth Foundation.
- Randolph Carter, a highly influential resident of the Dreamlands.
Mythos Entities[]
- The Fly-the-Light, an avatar of Nyarlathotep.
- The Men of Leng, a race of horned, humanoid slave-traders and worshipers of the Fly-the-Light.
- The Keeper of the Cage, once a human sorcerer, later stripped of his free will and forced to serve the Great Old Ones.
Behind the Mythos[]
The Clock of Dreams was first published in 1978. It has since been included in a number of collected editions along with other volumes of the Titus Crow series.