"To Rouse Leviathan is one of those rare books that produces in a reader the most important reaction one can have to a work of, let us say, the literature of abomination. This reaction takes the form of question: 'From where could this marvel have come?'"--Thomas Ligotti

"In 1996, a remarkable omnibus was published by Caroll & Graf: The Nightmare Factory, by horror author Thomas Ligotti. It contained three volumes of Ligotti's work to date plus an additional volume featuring revelatory, new stories that had never been collected. The book, long out of print, remains a gem of horror fiction that few others can rival. Now, in the late Summer of 2019, at least one omnibus is worthy to sit on the shelf next to Ligotti's tome: To Rouse Leviathan, by another remarkable, singular author, Matt Cardin. As with The Nightmare Factory, Cardin's book presents material both old and new, all of which impresses with the author's world-class intellect, creativity, and prose craftsmanship. And this is no mere sampling of Cardin's formidable skills and talent. This is a multi-course feast, a table brimming over with sumptuous, dark masterpieces of theologically infused cosmic horror, psychological terror, and bizarre, intimate character studies and confessions. As with Ligotti's legendary omnibus, To Rouse Leviathan is a book to experience, to study, to marvel at, and--in those exquisite, uneasy moments in which we keenly feel we are part of Cardin's terrifying fictional world--to live in."--Jon Padgett, author of The Secret of Ventriloquism

"In Matt Cardin's fiction, characters struggle to understand a supernatural that may be opaque to itself. In detailing their efforts, Cardin draws on language and imagery from religious texts, re-purposing and recharging familiar tropes and references. The result is an experience of the darkly numinous. Put these stories on the shelf next to Ligotti, Gavin, and Cisco."--John Langan, author of Sefira and Other Betrayals

"Matt Cardin is one of the most vital figures in 21st-century horror. Whether penning visionary tales of metaphysical terrors or dissecting the genre to find the underlying philosophical pulse that gives the monster life, his work never fails to astonish me. TO ROUSE LEVIATHAN is a landmark volume, one that I can turn to again and again with increasing appreciation."--Richard Gavin, author of Sylvan Dread

"Sometimes a collection grabs me from the first story. THIS collection grabbed me from the preface. Well worth your time."--Mike Davis, Lovecraft eZine