Sam and Dean Winchester know all the secrets their father recorded in his journal. Now you can too.

On November 2, 1983, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. In the wake of the tragedy, their father, John, set out to learn everything he could about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and how to kill it. In his personal journal, he not only compiled folklore, legend, and superstition about all manner of otherworldly enemies but also recorded his experiences?hunting the creature that killed his wife even as he raised his two sons.

Part prequel, part resource guide, John Winchester?s Journal finally gives fans the ultimate companion book for Supernatural. It?s all here: the exorcism Sam and Dean used in ?Phantom Traveler,? John?s notes on everything from shapeshifters to Samuel Colt, Dean?s first hunt, Sam?s peewee soccer team . . . and John?s single-minded pursuit of a growing and deadly evil.