A desiccated hand reaches out from beyond the veil of the underworld, seeking to be reborn - but first it needs the cursed jewel in the Trelawney safe. When Professor Trelawney is attacked at his home, Malcolm Ross dashes to the aid of Trelawney's daughter Margaret. However they soon find that the crime might just have a dark twist in Bram Stoker's genre-defining thriller. As they search for answers they realize the clues lie in Professor Trelawney's career as an Egyptologist, and one of his relics is beginning to stir... A ...
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A desiccated hand reaches out from beyond the veil of the underworld, seeking to be reborn - but first it needs the cursed jewel in the Trelawney safe. When Professor Trelawney is attacked at his home, Malcolm Ross dashes to the aid of Trelawney's daughter Margaret. However they soon find that the crime might just have a dark twist in Bram Stoker's genre-defining thriller. As they search for answers they realize the clues lie in Professor Trelawney's career as an Egyptologist, and one of his relics is beginning to stir... A thrilling tale with a claustrophobic atmosphere by the master of horror Bram Stoker. 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.
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This was a good condition second hand book, the penguin classics edition. It concludes with the original 1903 ending, but also has the 1912 changed ending included,as an appendix. The 1912 ending is regarded as inconsistent with the main text and may not have been written by Stoker. I thought the original ending was better, so this version was definitely the one to have. Most versions in circulation have only the 1912 ending. If you dont know the story, dont read the intro until after you have read the tale.
I enjoyed the slow steady building of the mystery,ramping the tension to the grand finale; it has the feel of a Conan Doyle with added elements of supernatural. If you like late Victorian novels, you should enjoy this one, but make sure you have the 1903 text!
