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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.
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.
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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