The Necromancers

By Robert Hugh Benson

Book Overview

In a world where grief seeks answers, the line between comfort and danger can vanish without warning.

In The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson, a group of individuals, drawn together by loss and longing, turn to spiritualism in hopes of contacting the dead. What begins as a search for solace gradually unfolds into something far more troubling, as s ances and psychic phenomena begin to exert a powerful and unsettling influence over their lives.

At the centre is Laurie Baxter, a man whose emotional vulnerability makes him especially susceptible to the promises of the unseen. As he becomes increasingly entangled with mediums and manifestations that seem to blur the boundary between life and death, those around him begin to question whether what they are witnessing is truth-or something far more dangerous.

As experiences intensify and control begins to slip away, the novel explores the psychological, moral, and spiritual consequences of attempting to reach beyond the natural world. Is spiritualism a gateway to genuine contact-or an opening to deception and darker forces?

Blending psychological tension with supernatural suggestion, The Necromancers offers a chilling and thoughtful examination of belief, grief, and the perilous allure of the unknown.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773565885
• ISBN13: 9781773565880
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Devoted Publishing
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Terrors of the Mind

Like Henry James, M.R. James, and Roger Pater, R.H. Benson is a specialist in pure terror based on the imagination. Here he both satirizes the spiritualist excesses of the period (not unlike our own!); the self-satisfaction of a young man who imagines himself in love; and intently describes the dangers of opening one's life to pure evil. Deluded by his own ego, deceived by his imagination, the central character is profoundly endangered. Without a drop of blood or a single zombie, Benson unsettles the reader's basic ideas of reality!