The Burrowers Beneath

By: Brian Lumley

Narrated by: Simon Vance

For millennia men have strutted their pride over the fragile surface of the Earth, arrogantly proclaiming themselves masters of creation. But now their feeble investigations have disturbed the planet's original rulers far beneath the globe's crust.

©1974 Brian Lumley (P)2016 David N. Wilson

The Burrower

I don't know why,but this book was not as good as it could have been.I liked the Letter reading ,to a point.We are supposed to be terrified of the Burrowers,but they don't seem that scarey.I liked it.Great narrator.

worth more thanone go!

folks I run the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. this makes me a keeper of Arcane lore. This particular book it's nearly encyclopedic for Source material for ever so many things. I love one lie more than Lovecraft. He's a much better Rider LOL Daddy just put together some really cool stories. you don't know anything about Titus Crow have no idea about the clock have no idea what a chthonian is and no idea what the Cthulhu Mythos might be about, that's perfectly okay. It's that great a story and it makes these things mysteriously easy to grasp. Don't be shy don't be afraid... I take that last part back yes be afraid LOL otherwise what's the point?

My take on Mr Lumley's writings..

For sixty years, I have enjoyed books that were almost exclusively science fiction...hundreds of books and some few more than once. Ten, or so, years ago, I happened to purchase two of Brian's books and found them to be delightfully compelling.
I would say that few of that other not dissimilar genre have been as fun and detailed as these. I would love to thank him for the fun and interesting reads that he has provided!
The narration was beyond anything in my experience! Amazing!
I am currently rereading two other of his books and would very much enjoy hearing more of Mr Vance. Thank you for the opportunity to express my appreciation.
W Petersen

Lovecraft done right.

All the fun of Lovecraft and his mythos with none of the racism or classism.

Awesome Idea, Slightly Disappointing Execution

First of all, Simon Vance! I could listen to that guy read the phone book. So good.

Now, Brian Lumley. He has amazingly cool ideas in the vein of modern, weird horror, and this book is no exception. In execution, he sometimes relies to much on telling rather than showing - robbing the reader of the chilling experience in favor of a kind of intellectual recap. Sadly, this book is no different. I enjoyed the book though. And to be fair, it is no more lacking in direct-experience than Lovecraft himself!

I don't want to share any plot details for fear of spoiling too much. But the basics are that you have an occult investigator/secret agent in your protagonist, Titus Crow, who uncovers a plot 'hatched' (you'll get that pun later) by Chtonians, an ancient and evil subterranean race.