Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. A 17th-century gentleman, mourning the death of his beloved, Lady Mirdath, is given a vision of a far-distant future where their souls will be re-united, and sees the world of that time through the eyes of a future incarnation. The Sun has gone out and the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high – the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a shield known as the «air clog», powered from a subterranean energy source called the «Earth Current». For millennia, vast living shapes—the Watchers—have waited in the darkness near the pyramid. It is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human. The narrator sets off alone into the darkness to find the girl he has made contact with, hoping that she is the reincarnation of his past love.
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William Hope Hodgson. Dark Fantasy Boxed Set
Dark Fantasy Boxed Set
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Table of Contents
The Dreams that are only Dreams
I. Mirdath the Beautiful
II. The Last Redoubt
III. The Quiet Calling
IV. The Hushing of the Voice
V. Into the Night Land
VI. The Way That I Did Go
VII. The Night Land
VIII. Down the Mighty Slope
IX. The Dark Pyramid
X. The Maid of the Olden Days
XI. The Homeward Way
XII. Downward of the Gorge
XIII. Homeward by the Shore
XIV. On the Island
XV. Past the House of Silence
XVI. In the Country of Silence
XVII. The Love Days
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William Hope Hodgson
I Mirdath the Beautiful
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And in the end, the Lady of the Embroidering looked up sudden into my face; and I then to see somewhat of the mischief in a moment; for she had the face of the man of the Court suit, that had been lover to Mirdath.
And the Lady Mirdath then to explain to me how that Mistress Alison (which was her name) was a dear and bosom friend, and she it was that had been drest in the Court suit to play a prank for a wager with a certain young man who would be lover to her, an he might. And I then to come along, and so speedy to offence that truly I never saw her face plain, because that I was so utter jealous. And so the Lady Mirdath had been more justly in anger than I supposed, because that I had put hands upon her friend, as I have told.
