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Terence O'Malley, a man sensitive to nature and spiritual forces, uncovers an extraordinary secret. Encountering an intriguingly attractive man and his son on his travels, O'Malley finds himself bewitched by them. A fellow traveler, Dr Stahl, seems to grasp the wonderfully impossible truth, enlightening them to forces beyond the imagination. |
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In Algernon Blackwood's mystical The Centaur, Terence O'Malley, a man sensitive to nature and spiritual forces, uncovers a startlingly extraordinary secret. On encountering an intriguingly attractive man and his son on his travels, O'Malley finds himself unwittingly bewitched by them. Unable to tear himself away, O'Malley is delighted to discover that all three will be sharing a cabin as they journey by ship. Yet even as he is entranced by them, out of the corner of his eye, O'Malley begins to wonder if the shapes of these men are more fluid than seems possible. A fellow traveler, Dr Stahl, seems to grasp the wonderfully impossible truth, enlightening them to forces beyond the imagination. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms. |