“I enjoyed his ability to accurately describe the vast numbers of unusual people who populated the tramp steamers of the day... Merritt pulls all this together into one grand adventure.” www.benespen.com · 5 years ago
: Standard modern reprints typically range from $8.00 to $16.00 .
A. E. Merritt’s (1919) is a foundational "lost world" adventure that bridge the gap between Victorian exploration tales and modern cosmic horror. Originally a "fix-up" novel combining two serialized stories, it is celebrated for its "purple prose" and an extraordinary richness of imagination that influenced titans of the genre like H.P. Lovecraft. Core Narrative & World-Building
: The central threat is the Shining One (or the Dweller), a beautiful yet malevolent entity made of light that lures people into a hypnotic, unholy stasis to feed upon them.