The most feared, fascinating, and dangerous book
in the history of humankind . . .
Necronomicon

An ancient Arabic text -- a powerful book of spells that could, in the wronghands, create unimaginable and irreversible devastation -- the Necronomiconfeatured prominently in the stories of legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.For many generations, few believed it to be anything other than pure fiction.

But in 1972, a young man who, for his own protection, must be known simply as"Simon," stumbled upon an old, handwritten manuscript that ultimately proved tobe an authentic edition of the unholy work.

Dead Names is the startling true account of the dark and violent history ofthis most fearsome of books: from its Middle Eastern origins to its reemergencecenturies later; its role in pivotal events of the twentieth century, from theJFK assassination to the Son of Sam murders; and the terrible fates that befellthose who helped bring the Necronomicon out of the shadows and into the light ofday.