Beware, the Usurpers!

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Beware, the Usurpers!

by Robert W. Krepps

EN·~3 hours·7 chapters

Chapters

7 total
1

Part 1

31:37
2

Part 2

31:25
3

Part 3

31:35
4

Part 4

31:27
5

Part 5

31:31
6

Part 6

31:23
7

Part 7

4:03

Description

A lone traveler arrives at a crumbling manor, its stone walls looming like the ghost of an older England. Moonlight filters through blind windows, casting eerie shadows across a deserted hall where the air feels heavy with forgotten history. The protagonist’s nerves are frayed, yet curiosity drives him deeper into the darkness.

Inside, a small, eclectic group waits: a weather‑worn army officer, a composed physician, a one‑armed man, a scarred stranger in dark glasses, a gaunt figure with icy eyes, and a luminous young woman who seems almost otherworldly. Their silent exchange hints at a desperate, perhaps reckless plan, and the protagonist is strapped into a contraption that aligns an antique musket with his own eyes.

Tension spikes as the officer steadies the weapon and pulls the trigger, a moment that blurs the line between science and madness. The sudden flash, a scream, and a plunge into blackness leave the listener questioning what lurks behind the veil of fear and what price the characters are willing to pay.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (185K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2021-05-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

RW

Robert W. Krepps

1919–1980

A versatile mid-20th-century American writer, he moved easily from pulp-era science fiction to westerns, historical novels, and movie tie-ins. Many of his best-known speculative stories appeared under the pen name Geoff St. Reynard.

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