19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ, UK
The Going Down -Duncan Barford
Thu 09 Apr
|Watkins Books
From occult author Duncan Barford comes The Going Down, a compelling and haunting esoteric novel about friendship, relationships, and the power of the underworld to heal.
Time & Location
09 Apr 2026, 17:00 – 18:00
Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK
About the event
When longtime friends Bailey and Steve perform a final ritual in a house they once shared, the dead and the underworld haunt their lives and challenge their friendship. And when Steve's girlfriend is drawn in, a dark secret binding Bailey finally comes to light.
Expertly written, The Going Down is not just a work of beautiful fiction but also a transformative work of magical dreaming.
“The Going Down is more than a novel: it is a necromantic spell, a feat of psychic surgery performed on a civilization, a bold affirmation of a world that enchantment never lost. Not “magic realism,” but the magic of the real, in prose as clear as ice, the better to see the depths beneath.”
—J.F. Martel, author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast.