The King in Yellow

About this edition

The book that drives its readers mad. Some books simply unsettle. The King in Yellow infects. Since 1895, Robert W. Chambers' cursed masterpiece has whispered of a lost city beneath twin suns, a pallid mask that hides no face, and a play so terrible that to read its second act is to lose your mind forever.

What Makes This Collector's Edition Special

• Original illustrations created exclusively for this edition, evoking the decadent atmosphere of Chambers' Paris and the haunted geometries of lost Carcosa

• An in-depth original biography of Robert W. Chambers, illuminating the life of the painter-turned-author who quietly invented an entire genre

• Premium collector's edition presentation, worthy of a place beside your finest Lovecraft, Poe, and Bierce volumes

• The complete, unabridged text of the original 1895 collection

The Hidden Influence Behind a Century of Horror

H.P. Lovecraft credited Chambers as a key forerunner of his own mythos, and HBO's True Detective sent a new generation of viewers back to these pages with its invocations of Carcosa, Hastur, and the Yellow King. Yet for all its influence, The King in Yellow remains an experience most readers discover only once — and never forget.

For the Reader Who Wants More Than a Paperback

This edition is for the collector. For the horror reader who reveres the source. For the gift-giver who wants to hand someone a book that feels haunted before it's even opened. For the shelf that already holds The Call of Cthulhu, The King in Yellow belongs beside it — its older, stranger, more elegant predecessor. Have you found the Yellow Sign?