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# Master of Chaos (The Harry Stubbs Adventures Book 4)

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Review: Hambling Uses a Lovecraft Entity in a Way H. P. Would Have Approved Of - It’s madness, modernism, Egyptian secrets, and racial hygiene in the latest Harry Stubbs adventure. It’s 1925 and ex-boxer and bill collector Harry Stubbs, our narrator, is now an agent for the sinister Estelle de Vere, “Our Lady of the Holocaust” as another of her coerced agents calls her. Stubbs accepts her service in exchange for her not harming his family. De Vere, as he says, has a quite literal scorched-earth policy when dealing with humans suspected of alien contamination. Her TDS supposedly stands for Theral Development Service, but he thinks it has other names like Tribus Dies Syndicate. Lovecraftian heroes frequently end up in insane asylums. But this story starts in one, an asylum in London’s Norwood section, the site of most of Hambling’s Lovecraftian fiction, and most of the action takes place in the asylum. Stubbs is sent undercover into that asylum to keep his eyes open for something. And that something happens pretty quickly when inmates begin dying in strange, unexplained ways. Another TDS agent tells him he has been sent to look for traces of a “tiger”, a person or force that leaves madness and death behind. But there’s oddness outside the asylum too with a local showing of The Phantom of the Cinema, a short bit of film that produces some unpleasantness in its audience. With that, and mention of a Dr. Nye, Lovecraft fans will correctly suspect who we’re dealing with. Of all his uses of Lovecraft’s concepts and characters, this one is the most congruent with the original, and I think the Gentleman from Providence would have been quite pleased. Stubbs has to go deep into his mental and physical resources to get out of this story alive and that includes his boxing skills. I’ll admit that, when finishing this novel, I was a bit disappointed it didn’t have as many elements of fringe science, forteana, and alchemy that early novels in the series had. Then I realized the book was full of them with all the early 20th century notions of madness and cures for it. And the big question here is what is madness? And what is it good for? Devoted followers of Hambling’s fiction will find ever tightening connections between this and the stories in The Dulwich Horror and Others including at least one significant character from those stories showing up for the first time in Stubbs circle. It’s the most philosophical of the Stubbs books, and the theme of madness and perception is reflected and refracted and reversed better than any theme in his previous Stubbs books. Don’t let that put you off, though. This story grabs you as effectively as the early Stubbs novels and has several memorable set pieces. Hambling has mastered quite well the chaos of creating compelling and modern Lovecraftian fiction.
Review: Supernatural Horror and Mystery - Master of Chaos is the 4th Book in The Harry Stubbs Adventures series, but the first one that I picked up. It does work as a standalone novel, but like most books in a series I am sure that I was missing some of the back history. This book is part mystery, part horror as Stubbs enters an asylum in the 1920s. I was impressed at how well-written it was, as I think it is very challenging to write from a point of view in another time period without interjecting too much modern speech and thought into the narrative (often unintentionally). There’s a unique element of the supernatural and occult in the book, but it didn’t come off to me as good or evil, as many books tend to do. Stubbs was a great character. He was fully-developed, relatable, and interesting. The plot was well-paced and kept me reading to see what would happen next. This book contained a wide array of elements, from the magical Alchemy and Egyptology to the scientific/pseudoscientific psychology such as fruit therapy, placebos, and torture/shock therapy. I usually don't go for heavily supernatural books, but this one was so well done, I couldn't help but enjoy it.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B07BKRQBY4 |
| Accessibility  | Learn more |
| Best Sellers Rank | #667,786 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #2,851 in Occult & Supernatural Horror eBooks #3,489 in Horror Occult & Supernatural #149,521 in Literature & Fiction (Kindle Store) |
| Book 4 of 5  | The Harry Stubbs Adventures |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (162) |
| Enhanced typesetting  | Enabled |
| File size  | 1.2 MB |
| Language  | English |
| Page Flip  | Enabled |
| Print length  | 236 pages |
| Publication date  | March 19, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Crossroad Press |
| Screen Reader  | Supported |
| Word Wise  | Enabled |
| X-Ray  | Not Enabled |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hambling Uses a Lovecraft Entity in a Way H. P. Would Have Approved Of
*by R***D on March 25, 2018*

It’s madness, modernism, Egyptian secrets, and racial hygiene in the latest Harry Stubbs adventure. It’s 1925 and ex-boxer and bill collector Harry Stubbs, our narrator, is now an agent for the sinister Estelle de Vere, “Our Lady of the Holocaust” as another of her coerced agents calls her. Stubbs accepts her service in exchange for her not harming his family. De Vere, as he says, has a quite literal scorched-earth policy when dealing with humans suspected of alien contamination. Her TDS supposedly stands for Theral Development Service, but he thinks it has other names like Tribus Dies Syndicate. Lovecraftian heroes frequently end up in insane asylums. But this story starts in one, an asylum in London’s Norwood section, the site of most of Hambling’s Lovecraftian fiction, and most of the action takes place in the asylum. Stubbs is sent undercover into that asylum to keep his eyes open for something. And that something happens pretty quickly when inmates begin dying in strange, unexplained ways. Another TDS agent tells him he has been sent to look for traces of a “tiger”, a person or force that leaves madness and death behind. But there’s oddness outside the asylum too with a local showing of The Phantom of the Cinema, a short bit of film that produces some unpleasantness in its audience. With that, and mention of a Dr. Nye, Lovecraft fans will correctly suspect who we’re dealing with. Of all his uses of Lovecraft’s concepts and characters, this one is the most congruent with the original, and I think the Gentleman from Providence would have been quite pleased. Stubbs has to go deep into his mental and physical resources to get out of this story alive and that includes his boxing skills. I’ll admit that, when finishing this novel, I was a bit disappointed it didn’t have as many elements of fringe science, forteana, and alchemy that early novels in the series had. Then I realized the book was full of them with all the early 20th century notions of madness and cures for it. And the big question here is what is madness? And what is it good for? Devoted followers of Hambling’s fiction will find ever tightening connections between this and the stories in The Dulwich Horror and Others including at least one significant character from those stories showing up for the first time in Stubbs circle. It’s the most philosophical of the Stubbs books, and the theme of madness and perception is reflected and refracted and reversed better than any theme in his previous Stubbs books. Don’t let that put you off, though. This story grabs you as effectively as the early Stubbs novels and has several memorable set pieces. Hambling has mastered quite well the chaos of creating compelling and modern Lovecraftian fiction.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Supernatural Horror and Mystery
*by K***G on August 6, 2018*

Master of Chaos is the 4th Book in The Harry Stubbs Adventures series, but the first one that I picked up. It does work as a standalone novel, but like most books in a series I am sure that I was missing some of the back history. This book is part mystery, part horror as Stubbs enters an asylum in the 1920s. I was impressed at how well-written it was, as I think it is very challenging to write from a point of view in another time period without interjecting too much modern speech and thought into the narrative (often unintentionally). There’s a unique element of the supernatural and occult in the book, but it didn’t come off to me as good or evil, as many books tend to do. Stubbs was a great character. He was fully-developed, relatable, and interesting. The plot was well-paced and kept me reading to see what would happen next. This book contained a wide array of elements, from the magical Alchemy and Egyptology to the scientific/pseudoscientific psychology such as fruit therapy, placebos, and torture/shock therapy. I usually don't go for heavily supernatural books, but this one was so well done, I couldn't help but enjoy it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Norwood Titan is Back!
*by M***T on June 22, 2018*

Masters of Chaos by David Hambling is the fourth book in the Harry Stubbs series and it goes without saying that I am a huge fan of the series. David's Mr. Stubbs is a man of simple means, striving to better understand the world. This is more than the world as normal men and women know it, although he is constantly reading and taking correspondence courses to increase that knowledge, but also the darker and more sinister works first described by H. P. Lovecraft. To that point, Harry had found himself in the "employ" of an American named Ms. DeVere. She had recruited Harry to investigate the of happenings of Norwood. Harry is only barely qualified for this role through his past run-ins with Lovecraft's mythos and his history as a former successful boxer. Master of Chaos did something I didn't expect a Stubbs novel to do, although I should have, and thrust our hero into an undercover role as an orderly at an asylum. While I hadn't expected it, it fit well with the evolution of Harry's investigations and made for some amazing scenes and great literary art as the reader who, four books in and well versed in Stubbs' adventures, questions along with our hero whether or not he's lost his mind. My favorite thing about this novel and each of the Stubbs' adventures, is how Hambling introduces entirely new elements of the mythos into Harry's life and makes it seem like part of the everyday world we live in. It makes me wonder if some day Harry will lose all sense of reason as anything can be explained away by the police or the doctors... My favorite part of this delightful tale was easily the part regarding the time Harry received in the first book. When you read it, you will know what I'm referencing. It's difficult to say this was my favorite part, because I had so many and always enjoy a good yarn of my favorite boxer, but I'm a simple man. 5/5 stars for the Norwood Titan!

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