Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, its an offer thats too good to refuse. Theres only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsib...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. - Richard DawkinsWithout a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific yarn. - Charlotte ObserverAn eerie story which demands the readers attention from start to finish. - Denver Post[A] rattling good story . . . a really thrilling book. There is a largeness, generosity, and jollity about...

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The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft. - Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerOutstanding in the genre. - August DerlethIn the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. - Michael and Mollie HardwickOne of the last great traditionalists of English fiction. - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany...

The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft. - Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerOutstanding in the genre. - August DerlethIn the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. - Michael and Mollie HardwickOne of the last great traditionalists of English fiction. - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany...

The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft. - Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerOutstanding in the genre. - August DerlethIn the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. - Michael and Mollie HardwickOne of the last great traditionalists of English fiction. - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany...

The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft. - Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerOutstanding in the genre. - August DerlethIn the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. - Michael and Mollie HardwickOne of the last great traditionalists of English fiction. - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany...

The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft. - Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerOutstanding in the genre. - August DerlethIn the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. - Michael and Mollie HardwickOne of the last great traditionalists of English fiction. - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has no experience with Egypts ancient past . . . or does he?Rejecting the idea of heaven and hell, soul and spirit, Armand embrace...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianMr Wilsons vitality comes through. He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchCompelling. - New StatesmanGerard Sorme thinks the key to a more meaningful life lies in an expansion of human consciousness, and he believes that one way to expand it is through sexua...

He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchOne of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianHe has the kind of story-telling power which could charm the birds off the trees. - The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne)Gerard Sorme has been hired by a New York publisher to edit a book on Esmond Donelly, notorious 18th-c...

He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important. - PunchOne of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation. - The GuardianHe has the kind of story-telling power which could charm the birds off the trees. - The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne)Gerard Sorme has been hired by a New York publisher to edit a book on Esmond Donelly, notorious 18th-c...

A book I greatly admire. - Graham GreeneOne of the most interesting first novels I have read for some time. Short and dramatic, and written with a fine simplicity. I could not put it down until I knew all that was to happen that Saturday night. - Sunday TimesA first novel of outstanding merit . . . In Mr. Hampson we have a new writer of strong and wholly original talent. - Harold Nicolson, Daily E...

A book I greatly admire. - Graham GreeneOne of the most interesting first novels I have read for some time. Short and dramatic, and written with a fine simplicity. I could not put it down until I knew all that was to happen that Saturday night. - Sunday TimesA first novel of outstanding merit . . . In Mr. Hampson we have a new writer of strong and wholly original talent. - Harold Nicolson, Daily E...

THE BIG OLD HOUSE WAS PERFECT FOR SARAHNow that her life with Brian was over, she would have a home of her own. She could begin again.But something was waiting for Sarah in her new house, waiting to welcome her, to make her feel at home. Something was waiting for Sarah in the night with golden eyes that glowed and burned, commanding her obedience, demanding her soul, promising her . Sarah tried to...

THE BIG OLD HOUSE WAS PERFECT FOR SARAHNow that her life with Brian was over, she would have a home of her own. She could begin again.But something was waiting for Sarah in her new house, waiting to welcome her, to make her feel at home. Something was waiting for Sarah in the night with golden eyes that glowed and burned, commanding her obedience, demanding her soul, promising her . Sarah tried to...

THE BIG OLD HOUSE WAS PERFECT FOR SARAHNow that her life with Brian was over, she would have a home of her own. She could begin again.But something was waiting for Sarah in her new house, waiting to welcome her, to make her feel at home. Something was waiting for Sarah in the night with golden eyes that glowed and burned, commanding her obedience, demanding her soul, promising her . Sarah tried to...

THE BIG OLD HOUSE WAS PERFECT FOR SARAHNow that her life with Brian was over, she would have a home of her own. She could begin again.But something was waiting for Sarah in her new house, waiting to welcome her, to make her feel at home. Something was waiting for Sarah in the night with golden eyes that glowed and burned, commanding her obedience, demanding her soul, promising her . Sarah tried to...

The finest writer of paperback originals in America. - Stephen KingReaders of weak constitution should beware. - Publishers WeeklyMcDowell has a flair for the gruesome. - Washington PostWelcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of ...

The finest writer of paperback originals in America. - Stephen KingReaders of weak constitution should beware. - Publishers WeeklyMcDowell has a flair for the gruesome. - Washington PostWelcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of ...