The prequel to the hit CW TV show Supernatural, told through the journal of the main characters’ father.

Sam and Dean Winchester know allthe secrets their father recorded inhis journal. Now you can too.

On November 2, 1983, Sam and Dean Winchester lost theirmother to a demonic supernatural force. In the wake of thetragedy, their father, John, set out to learn everything he couldabout the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and onthe back roads of America . . . and how to kill it. In his personaljournal, he not only compiled folklore, legend, and superstitionabout all manner of otherworldly enemies but also recorded hisexperiences—hunting the creature that killed his wife even ashe raised his two sons.

Part prequel, part resource guide, John Winchester’sJournal finally gives fans the ultimate companion book forSupernatural. It’s all here: the exorcism Sam and Dean usedin “Phantom Traveler,” John’s notes on everything from shapeshiftersto Samuel Colt, Dean’s first hunt, Sam’s peewee soccerteam . . . and John’s single-minded pursuit of a growing anddeadly evil.