Ancient Sorceries: The Adventures of John Silence (Weird Fiction)

Welcome to the casebook of Dr John Silence, Physician Extraordinary. After a long and severe training – five years he was gone from the face of the earth, travelling who knows where – Silence returned to England as the greatest occult detective of the age. When he takes up an investigation, when he comes to the aid of some poor, frightened soul, you can be sure it will lead to the most strange and terrifying of circumstances: from pagan magic in remote France to battles with ancient Egyptian fire spirits, and from geometry defying alternate dimensions to the most macabre of haunted houses.

Some of the first works written by Algernon Blackwood – one of the twentieth century’s greatest ghost story writers – these John Silence tales are a visionary blend of horror, fantasy and science fiction, and remain today as some of pinnacle achievements of Weird Fiction.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 17 Oct. 2024
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405972998
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405972994
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 183 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.7 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 265,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 298 in Classic Horror 441 in Horror Short Stories (Books) 483 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
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