Elric - The Centipede Press Editions:
Finally, one of the true classics in the sword and sorcery genre gets the deluxe presentation that it has always deserved. These are archival editions, with gorgeous illustrations and featuring guest introductions from some of the top writers in the field. Each volume signed by the author, introducer and artists.
Robert E. Howard’s Conan of Cimmeria is generally credited with starting the boom in heroic fantasy that began in the late 1920s and has been with us ever since. He spawned lots of imitators, lots and lots of imitators…
In any event, after thirty years of Thongors, Elaks, Kyriks, Duars, Donters, Braks, Whacks, Thugs and Thwacks, readers were sick of it. Somewhere along the way the writers (with the exception of the redoubtable Fritz Leiber) had forgotten all about the sorcery part of the equation, leaving the basic plot being the lumbering oaf facing off against the frail but far smarter and more powerful sorcerer, who in some act of hubris would manage to screw everything up and wind up with his head in a bag.
To save us all, a young man from England arrived on the scene in the rather unlikely place of the pages of John Carnell’s Science Fantasy. Michael Moorcock wrote stories about a character that, without his soul-drinking sword, was too weak to raise himself off the couch. Readers had never seen anything quite like the albino prince before and initially weren’t sure what to make of him. Playing on the theme of the Ultimate Outsider, Moorcock’s protagonist wasn’t even human in the strictest sense. By the time the second novella saw print the readership had made up their minds: they loved Elric!
Lancer Books brought out a two-volume set of Elric stories in 1967. One featured the novel ‘Stormbringer', and the other book, 'Stealer of Souls', gathered up the short stories. More Elric work followed, such as 'The Sleeping Sorceress', 'The Weird of the White Wolf', and numerous other short stories, novellas and novels.
Now, for the first time, the titles, contents, and order of the Elric stories appear exactly as Michael Moorcock has long intended, making the Centipede Press editions (ultimately 9 volumes, with a tenth volume of archival artwork) the most definitive sets of these books ever made available.
'Elric of Melniboné' includes the novel of the same name and two short stories: “Master of Chaos” and “And So the Great Emperor Received His Education.” It also has an introduction by Holly Black and new artwork by Piotr Jablonski
Signed edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by Michael Moorcock, Piotr Jablonski, and Holly Black.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Introduction by Holly Black.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Published December 2018.
The early Elric stories were gathered in a Lancer paperback under the title of' Stealer of Souls', this led to a follow-up novel ‘ tormbringer' which apparently brought things to their logical conclusion. Indeed, there’s an anarchistic raging against the machine in the early Elric stories that is almost palpable to the point that there are more than a few of us scholars of the genre who believe that Moorcock needed his time with the pioneers of space-rock, Hawkwind, just to mellow out a tad…
What Michael Mooorcock has done is evolve from the angry young man who gave us 'Stealer of Souls' to the witty and sophisticated author who is now considered one of our greatest living fantasists, and the Elric character has grown with him. Moorcock simply realized that there was far more to Elric’s story and how he grew from the spoiled princeling with a huge sense of entitlement to the doomed and noble figure he becomes in the end. What we have in 'Fortress of the Pearl' is Moorcock now at the height of his prowess as a novelist revisiting the early history of a young Elric. The stories and novels that Moorcock wrote to fill in the blanks in the Elric saga are very obviously necessary pieces of the puzzle that had been left out. Without these revisions, it is literally impossible for the Elric of 'Stealer of Souls' to become the Elric of ‘Stormbringer'.
Signed edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by Michael Moorcock, Tom Kidd, and Neil Gaiman.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Published December 2018.
Crossovers between an author’s most popular characters occur but rarely, with some of the most intriguing possibilities left untouched or else picked up by other writers practicing the form of literary pastiche. Arthur Conan Doyle never had the cerebral Sherlock Holmes consult on a case with the explosive Professor Challenger. Indeed, most authors avoided the idea entirely, or gave it remarkably short shrift. Robert E. Howard brought Bran Mak Morn and Kull of Valusia together briefly in “Kings of the Night.” C.L. Moore had her Jirel of Joiry meet up with Northwest Smith in one memorable story. But only Michael Moorcock had the genius and audacity to bring four of his major characters together in a full-length novel and then play the trump card that reveals the four characters to all be in effect, the same man as different spokes of the cosmic wheel, avatars of the Eternal Champion.
In 'The Sailor on the Seas of Fate', Moorcock brings together Prince Corum Jhaelen Irsei, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, (protagonist of six novels), Erekose, (the titular hero of 'The Eternal Champion' and four other novels), Dorian Hawkmoon, (the lead of nine volumes which incorporate the two series, 'The History of the Runestaff' and 'Chronicles of Castle Brass'), with his lead character Elric of Melniboné. What we do have here, is the stripped down, essential Elric, with this being the third of the Essential Elric volumes, lavishly illustrated and finally presented in the sort of fine volumes that the work has always demanded.
Signed edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by Michael Moorcock, Richard Hescox, and Michael Chabon.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Introduction by Michael Chabon.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Published December 2018.
Elric of Melnibone makes his return in what will no doubt be acclaimed as one of the very best chapters in the saga of the doomed albino prince. While many of you may recall reading this installment in the series as 'The Vanishing Tower', Mr. Moorcock has made substantial alterations to the text, bringing it up to the quality that you have come to expect from the author who is certainly in the discussion as Britain’s greatest living fantasist. It’s true that at the time of original publication, fair claims could be made that Moorcock wrote many of the “fill-in-the-gaps” stories and novels in a tremendous hurry at the insistence of publishers who knew that they had a goldmine in Elric and weren’t entirely sure that the same degree of success was in the cards for Jerry Cornelius…
It has all worked out for the best; the intervening years have given Moorcock the opportunity to revise and shore up these additional pieces, (all of which take place before the events recounted in ‘Stormbringer'), and rather than the work being done by a writer in a tremendous hurry, trying to juggle the editing of the legendary magazine, New Worlds with the authoring of a great many new novels as a demanding publisher eager for more of their “sure thing” hung over his shoulder like so many vultures. We have the results of one of the greatest fantasists in the world applying his energies to carefully revise and rewrite these additions to the Elric series bringing them up to the highest possible level of quality.
This volume focuses mainly on Elric’s opposition to the Melnibonean sorcerer, Theleb Ka’arna, who on the surface does not initially appear to be a worthy opponent, however, it is Elric’s own self-absorption and angst that allows Theleb Ka’arna opportunities to both escape Elric’s rage and to catch him in traps that by all rights he should have avoided. Moorcock deftly utilizes Elric’s flaws in order to build page-turning suspense that is almost unique to the sword and sorcery genre. In much of the genre we expect the brawny (if not necessarily brainy) hero to somehow muddle along and by sheer luck as much as anything else defeat the much smarter sorcerer, usually done in by his own hubris. In the Elric saga, we are given a character as capable of wielding a powerful spell as he is adept at wielding the vampiric black blade, Stormbringer.
'The Sleeping Sorceress' includes the novel of the same name and two short stories: “The Singing Citdael” and “While the Gods Laugh.” It also has an introduction by Walter Mosley and new artwork by Tyler Jacobson.
Signed edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by Michael Moorcock, Tyler Jacobson, and Walter Mosley.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Introduction by Walter Mosley.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Published February 2020.
The saga of Elric of Melniboné continues with the fifth volume of the author’s preferred text and organization, 'The Revenge of the Rose.' This book collects the novel 'The Revenge of the Rose' and the novella “The Stealer of Souls.”
Elric of Melniboné — proud prince of ruins, kinslayer — call him what you will. He remains, together with maybe Jerry Cornelius, Michael Moorcock’s most enduring, if not always most endearing, character.
There had been, from 1976 until 1989, no new novel-length episodes in the Elric Saga. The character’s eagerly awaited return in 'The Fortress of the Pearl’ was followed up in 1991 — thirty years from his first ever appearance — with 'The Revenge of the Rose'.These two comparatively lengthy novels were a deliberate attempt on the author’s part to produce the most intelligent and literate chapters ever, expanding the breadth not only of the character, but also of the saga, and of the whole heroic-fantasy genre itself.
As Moorcock has since recounted (about writing The Revenge of the Rose), “I felt I needed to bring some innovation and new vitality to the series. I needed to feel as ambitious about that book as I had felt in 1961 when I began the series and was one of very few writers producing this kind of fantasy, establishing the conventions of a budding genre…Whether one is writing popular fiction or literary fiction, one still needs to keep pushing the envelope. I had to continue to find new ways of telling the story.”
This volume focuses mainly on dual quests: Elric’s own, to locate and retrieve the soulbox of his dead father Sadric, and his efforts to assist a mysterious being known only as the Rose to achieve her long-sought-after revenge. In this the two fierce heroes are accompanied by the intense, diminutive poet and temporal adventurer, Ernest Wheldrake — stranded in time and space as far removed from his original homeland in Gloriana’s Albion as ever could be — and by the variously psychic Family Phatt, outcasts from the ceaselessly moving cities of the Gypsy Nation in which they all find themselves.
If Elric achieves his goal, then the lost soulbox — claimed by two rival Chaos Lords, Mashabak and Elric’s patron Arioch — will free his father’s spirit to join his mother’s in the fabled Forest of Souls where she awaits him. If the quest fails, then Sadric’s soul will leave its prison and enter Elric, uniting the pair in enmity for all time.
The terrible and tragic nature of the crime and criminal against which the Rose seeks her revenge unfolds gradually throughout the book (and so it would seem inappropriate to reveal too much here). Suffice to say that she, Elric and their disparate allies all find themselves inexorably drawn into the orbit of the thoroughly untrustworthy Prince Gaynor the Damned, whose willingness to betray friend and foe alike in the furtherance of his own corrupted ends knows no bounds.
Signed edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by Michael Moorcock, Brom, and Alan Moore.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Introduction by Alan Moore.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches with 352 pages.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Published October 2020.
Sword and sorcery has a battle cry. And its reveller is the immutable albino prince, Elric of Melniboné. This is true despite Stormbringer’s opening passages, which announce Elric’s quasi-retreat into the comforts of married life, settling down and living out his days in leisure within the walls of Karlaak. But you can never really take the war out of the warrior. At least, not without a fight.
When Elric’s wife, Zarozinia, is abducted during the night by hellish beasts summoned by the Lords of Chaos, he reluctantly calls upon his old friend, the soul-sucking blade Stormbringer, to aid in her search and rescue. Little does he know this is just a lowly spark that sets a blaze which may well overthrow the world’s spell of serenity. And this time, Fate is there to determine the outcome.
At the helm of these legions is the wicked Jagreen Lern, who allures and connives to ensure his nefarious plans won’t come to naught. With added support from the Lords of Chaos and Dukes of Hell, Lern is the ultimate adversary in a war that will even decide Elric’s fate.
But don’t be fooled. Even with all the imbibing, debauchery, and reckless abandon, Stormbringer finds Elric conjuring more than just his inner Odysseus possessed by the throes of war. His soul is troubled by an ambivalence that belies his no-nonsense nature. And at the center of it all is his sword. It may bring him the power to conquer Chaos, but it may also wield treachery.
Stormbringer roars with the ferocity of a sleeping dragon startled from its slumber. So, now is the time to act. Heed the call and draw arms. Sharpen your battle-axe and mount your steed. Chaos and Law await your presence on the battlefield.
The titles, contents, and order of the works appear, for the first time, exactly as Michael Moorcock has long intended, making these the most definitive sets of these books ever made available. It also has an introduction by Eric Bloom of Blue Öyster Cult and new artwork by legendary fantasy artist Rodney Matthews.
Bound in full black cloth, stamped in three colors.
Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book with translucent overlays.
Full color printed endpapers.
Over 15 interior illustrations.
Introduction by Eric Bloom.
Oversize at 6½ × 9½ inches with 424 pages.
Gorgeous dustjacket.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Top-edge stain.
Original book price: $200.
Published March 2022.
Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
Originally published in 1967, Logan’s Run is a science fiction novel that was immediately considered a classic. The terminology of the book has since entered the mainstream, with terms such as "runners" and "sandmen."
In the world of 2116, a person’s maximum age is strictly legislated: twenty one years, to the day. When people reach this Lastday they report to a Sleepshop in which they are willingly executed via a pleasure-inducing toxic gas. A person's age is revealed by their palm flower crystal embedded in the palm of their right hand that changes color every seven years, yellow (age 0-6), then blue (age 7-13), then red (age 14-20), then blinks red and black on Lastday, and finally turns black at 21.
The story follows the actions of Logan, a Sandman charged with enforcing the rule, as he tracks down and kills citizens who "run" from society's lethal demand, only to end up "running" himself.
This new Centipede Press edition of 'Logan’s Run' features striking dustjacket art, and over a dozen full page and spot black & white interiors, by artists Jim & Ruth Keegan.
It has a new introduction by Jason V Brock, two bonus stories in "Logan’s Return" and "The Thunder Gods," a gallery of old editions of the novel, excerpts from the original manuscript, and a few images from William F. Nolan’s personal notebook.
Masters of the Weird Tale: William F. Nolan
Sixty-five years ago, the August 1954 issue of If was published. Not only did it include fiction by Raymond F. Jones, Poul Anderson and Theodore Cogswell, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, and Richard Matheson, as well as artwork by Ed Emshwiller, Virgil Finlay, and Frank Kelly Freas, but also a short story entitled “The Joy of Living” by one William F. Nolan.
The first professional sale for Nolan, it was nearly overlooked among such a star-studded line-up. Over the next six decades, Nolan would continue to refine and improve his craft to the point that within a few short years he was standing shoulder to shoulder with Matheson, Ray Bradbury and George Clayton Johnson as one of the “Southern California Sorcerers” as likely to be found as the writer of a screenplay for The Twilight Zone or a feature film as he was to appear on a magazine cover or the jacket of an anthology.
Equally at home with crime, science fiction, and horror, Nolan has particularly excelled as a master of the macabre tale. Herein you will find collected over 750 pages of his best work (over 75 stories!), showcasing his career as it has stretched and grown over nearly seventy years.
Masters of the Weird Tale: William F. Nolan is a cornerstone volume for any serious collection of modern weird fiction.
This collection includes all of Nolan’s classics: “The Small World of Lewis Stilman,” “The Party” (here reprinted under Nolan’s preferred title of “Ashland”), “Death Call,” “Saturday’s Shadow,” “A Lonely Train a’Comin,” “Boyfren’” and dozens of others.
This fine volume is enclosed in a handsome slipcase with ribbon marker and includes 11 full page illustrations by Rodger Gerberding, a frontispiece, title page, and dustjacket by David Ho, a fine introduction by Jason V Brock, a new preface by Nolan himself, and appreciations by Ray Garton, Thomas F. Monteleone, S.T. Joshi, Lisa Morton, and others.
The edition is limited to just 200 signed and numbered copies, and the book is signed by William F. Nolan, David Ho, and Rodger Gerberding.
An Ecstasy of Fear by Wilum Pugmire
Centipede Press’s second collection of stories by Wilum Pugmire contains the author’s hand-picked greatest stories and prose poems. Profusely illustrated by Tom Brown, the book also features a dustjacket by Camille Alquier, frontispiece by Matthew Jaffe, and an interior illustrations by Gwabryel.
The book also has a terrific introduction by S.T. Joshi.
Limited to 300 copies for sale, the book is bound in cloth and has a handsome blood-red ribbon marker and very nice deckled edges. Each copy is signed by Wilum Pugmire, S.T. Joshi, Camille Alquier, Tom Brown, and Matthew Jafffe.
Loaded with original artwork.
Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, Smyth-sewn binding, deckled edge.
6½ × 11 inches.
Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire (1951-2019) was a writer of horror fiction based in Seattle, Washington. His adopted middle name derives from the story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. Strongly influenced by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, many of Pugmire’s stories directly reference Lovecraftian elements.
Pugmire’s major original contribution to the Cthulhu Mythos is the Sesqua Valley, a fictional location in the Pacific Northwest of the United States that serves as the primary locale for much of his fiction. Pugmire was a self-proclaimed eccentric recluse, often called "the Queen of Eldritch Horror," as well as a self-identified "punk rock queen and street transvestite."
One of the greatest science fiction/fantasy novels ever published, 'The Anubis Gates' takes literary history, lycanthropy, the Knights Templar, and a bizarre cast of characters into one of the most original and memorable time travel stories ever published.
It won the 1983 Philip K. Dick Award for best original science fiction paperback. The book is seen as one of the founding novels of the steampunk genre (the term is dated to a 1987 letter to Locus Magazine by SF writer K.W. Jeter, who wrote that "Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like 'steampunks', perhaps").
Powers himself, though, seems to resist this sort of categorisation; he "seemed a bit bemused about the term", according to Steampunk Scholar, "although he's not dismissive of being included within the steampunk umbrella, or parasol". He continues: "Powers is a superior writer; he just happens to have no higher agenda, exemplified best by his comment at the Eaton conference regarding Dracula. He related how people often tell him Bram Stoker's novel is about the situation of women in the 19th century, to which he replies: 'Really? I thought it was about a creature who stays immortal by drinking blood.'"
So along come Centipede Press to attempt to give 'The Anubis Gates’ the ultimate edition, and it truly must rank as one of the most sumptuous editions ever done:
This edition features 10 full page, full color illustrations by David Palumbo. These are exceptional paintings and perfectly compliment the text. Palumbo wrote: "I was new to Powers’ work when approached about this edition, but became instantly hooked. There was so much rich visual material to choose from it was actually difficult to narrow down the scenes that I wanted to paint. I think I easily had ideas for twice as many as I could use. In the end, many choices were made based on the narrative flow and overall story which the images would make as a whole. The chosen scenes tended to be mostly night or otherwise dark, often torchlit, which seemed to be the setting for most of the key moments and I love the mood which it communicates. Doyle’s adventure is full of mystery and shadows and there’s certainly never a dull moment."
The book is designed by Jacob McMurray, and he also created a fold-out map of London and an infographic regarding the exploits of Dog-Faced Joe. These inserts are simply astonishing and complement the text and book design. Each copy is signed by Powers, Palumbo, and McMurray in a handsome four-page signature insert. The book is bound in imported cloth and housed in a slipcase that can only be called unique.
The book is typeset in Monotype Bulmer, designed in London by William Martin in the early 1790s. It is a period typeface that perfectly captures the time and setting of the novel. It is printed in two colors throughout. The book is bound in Suedeluxe with a lenticular image on the front board. Other extras include a top-edge stain, printed endpapers, ribbon markers, reinforced binding, and a gorgeous, heavy paper.
Blood of the Impaler by Jeffrey Sackett
THE BLOOD REMEMBERS...
Malcolm Harker is heir to the family fortune - and he is about to discover the family curse. Sunlight burns his eyes, consecrated wine sears his throat, and dark memories fill his dreams. The answer rests in his name, his ancient blood, and a terrifying legend that is much, much more than legend. It is fact
THE BLOOD CALLS...
Malcolm Harker is an educated man.To unmask the lie that his family has accepted as truth, Harker must find the crypt of Vlad of Wallachia, the man once known as the Impaler. He must prove that the vampire prince has no power over the blood coursing through his veins. But when the century-old princess of the Undead arises, the blood calls - and Malcolm will answer.
Pulsating throughout with the sweet nectar of a midnight snack, Blood of the Impaler finds Jeffrey Sackett drawing upon the romantic mysticism of Bram Stoker’s Dracula to create a sequel unparalleled in the world of vampire mania. It’s a novel truly committed to the lore set forth by the grandmaster himself. There’s no shortage of wooden stakes, crucifixes, garlic cloves, or puncture wounds. And of course, it features the man thought to have inspired it all: Vlad the Impaler. However, his inclusion means this story isn’t for the faint of heart.
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
Follow the adventures of Nifft the Lean, the master thief whose felonious appropriations and larcenous skills will lead through Stygian realms to challenge your most lurid fantasies and errant imaginings. Places where horror, harm and long eerie calms flow past the traveller in endless, unpredictable succession.
Travel with the man whose long, rawboned, sticky fingers and stark length of arm will lead you down to the vermiculous grottos of the demon sea, to stand beneath the subworld's lurid sky and battle monsters who seem the spiritual distillation of human evil itself!
This new edition features dustjacket artwork by Stanislav Dikolenko, interior black & white illustrations by Francesco Giani, frontispiece artwork by Michael Whelan, two maps by Linda Shea, an afterword, illustrated with photographs, by Linda Shea, and an introduction by Tim Powers.
The signed edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. Each book is signed by Linda Shea, Tim Powers, Stanislav Dikolenko, Franceso Giani, and Michael Whelan.
There are also about 200 unnumbered, unsigned copies.
There was a time when the American dream was painted with white picket fences, kids’ stickball matches in the street, and backyard barbeques. This was the time of Colquitt Kennedy and her husband Walter: two suburban acolytes who created a life of comfort and serenity, carving out their own space in an ecosystem that’s only as strong as its newest link. And that link is the house next door.
The lot next to the Kennedys had been empty for quite some time save for an overgrowth of foliage. With its oblong shape, the property was deemed too challenging for construction. That is, until a budding, young architect put his mind to the grindstone, creating the perfect home to fit the lot and its newest owners: the Harralsons.
Elated to start their family in this quiet and unassuming neighborhood, the Harralsons finally see their chance to take hold of the American dream. But sometimes even the loftiest of dreams are built to collapse.
They begin exhibiting odd behavior and experience unexpected tragedy, all seemingly attributed to poor discretion and rotten luck. At least, that’s how it starts, and then it ends with their absconding. And the process continues like clockwork for each ensuing homeowner, ending their residencies abruptly under mysterious and even violent circumstances.
Chalking it up to unresolved emotional baggage and bad decision-making, the neighborhood turns a blind eye to what can’t possibly be true: the house has a mind all its own. But with their minds made up, Colquitt and Walter are determined to put an end to its rampaging streak. And there’s only one way they know how. However, there’s always a high price to pay for taking matters into your own hands when no one else believes you.
S. P. Somtow’s 'Vampire Junction'
Universally acclaimed as “…a major reworking of the vampire myth and one of the most original novels of the 1980’s” — Barron (ed.) Horror Literature (4-278).
Timmy is a vampire, trapped in a child’s body but with centuries of wisdom and survival skills honed to a razor sharpness. He’ll steal your heart and then have it for breakfast. One of the most original and powerful takes on the vampire mythos. Indeed, of the many fine books authored by Somtow Sucharitkul (S. P. Somtow), 'Vampire Junction' may well be his masterpiece.
Oversize presentation of 7 × 10 inches, full color dustjacket printed on gorgeous Mohawk Superfine, elegant typesetting, interior illustrations in color and black & white, a new introduction by J. Gordon Melton, reproductions of old editions of the book, a bonus essay by S. P. Somtow, full cloth binding with stamping on spine and front board, and ribbon marker. This edition is signed by S. P. Somtow. Illustrated, fantastically, by Ivica Stevanovic
Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The Club Dumas
As thrilling as it is absorbing, The Club Dumas is a literary tour de force, dazzling and captivating in its ambition to push the erudite envelope as far as it can go. The multi-layered and nuanced narrative is an eclectic mix of mystery, occult, and murder. And it’s filled with enough biblio-references to impress even the most ardent critic. There’s no shortage of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Poe, Doyle, and of course Dumas to go around. But step lightly, for even Lucifer may be waiting in the wings.
It's a novel that celebrates the escapism of storytelling as much as it celebrates the book as an object of fanatical obsession. But in a world where book collecting is akin to religion, the devil is most certainly in the details. However, uncovering them may bring you no closer to the truth.
Our edition of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The Club Dumas has the following features:
Six interior illustrations and reverse dustjacket artwork by Greg Bell; and dustjacket, frontispiece, lead illustration, and endpapers by Ricardo Martinez. Illustrated endpapers, two-tone cloth slipcase with stamping, top-edge stain, ribbon marker, and creative book stamping and spine-onlay, and two-color printing on laid paper. Each copy is signed by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Ricardo Martinez, and Greg Bell.