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Book SynopsisWilliam Hope Hodgson''s cosmic horror classic continues the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series.
In a ruined house at the edge of an abyss lies the diary of a madman
Two friends on a fishing trip make an unsettling discovery when the river they''ve been following abruptly ends and reappears some 100 feet below the edge of an abyss. If that wasn''t unnerving enough, the river runs along the remains of an oddly shaped house, half-swallowed by the pit.
Within the ruins, they discover the moldering journal of an unidentified manthe Reclusewho had lived in the house years ago. Its pages reveal the man''s apparent descent into madnesswhy else would he chronicle haunted visions, trips to other dimensions, and attacks by swine-like creatures that have followed him home? After a horrific vision in which he witnesses the end of the earth and time itself, the Recluse awakens in his study to find nothing has changedexcept that his dog has dissolved into a pile of dust. And then t
Trade Review
"Seasoned horror readers will be taken in by the atmosphere of existential dread Hodgson evokes in the Recluse's descriptions of his torment. Weird fiction fans should snap this up." - Publishers Weekly
