"The Whispering Abyss" is a cosmic horror novel that follows Dr. Evelyn Lockhart and Alexander Blackwood on an archaeological expedition in the Mojave Desert. Their discovery of an ancient, cryptic text beneath the desert sands leads to their descent into madness as they attempt to translate its eerie contents. Blackwood secretly takes the text, adopting the pseudonym Aldous Ward and crafting its revelations into bestselling novels. As Ward's novels...