Dwellers in the Mirage, A. Merritt
Dwellers in the Mirage, A. Merritt
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Dwellers in the Mirage

Author: A. Merritt

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/17/2021

Synopsis

Two men in one body! That's how Lief Langdon had always felt. One part of him was a modern day adventurer, the other was a strange half-memory of another life where he was a High Priest sacrificing living people to Khalk'ru, a demon god from another time and space. Then Langdon stumbled through the mirage into a hidden Arctic valley, where he fell under the spell of Evalie, as beautiful outwardly as she was inwardly, and her friends the Little People, elfin warriors constantly warring with Lur, the Witch-Woman, and her demon riders, who raided the Little People's land for sacrifices to their dark god, the Kraken. Horrified at the thought of their becoming sacrifices, Langdon took up the Little People's cause and wooed Evalie. But when he learned the Kraken was also known as Khalk'ru, memories of his past life -- as Lur's lover and High Priest of her sect came rushing back. Soon Langdon was fighting against his other self, a far stronger self that submerges him entirely and eagerly joins Lur, to rain kisses on her lips and weld the bloody knife of sacrifice on his own best friends!

About The Author

Abraham Grace Merritt – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on February 28, 2024

Leif Langdonnban American explorer and his blood brother Jim Eagles (a Cherokee Indian) are in Alaska, ostensibly hunting for gold but really, for friendship.Both former college buddies, served together in the first world war and they want to renew that closeness.During the night in the middle of no......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on August 11, 2023

Leif and his friend, the native American Jim, go exploring, looking for gold in Alaska. But they’re really just trying to bond together. As they were best friends in college and served together in the First World War. When they hear drums and singing, Leif wants to explore it. He’s drawn to it like......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on January 28, 2022

Merritt's classic lost world fantasy adventure was no doubt influential on many a golden age SFF author, however there were more than a few stretches where it became a bit of a slog for this modern reader due to uneven pacing, inane dialog that has not aged well, and a well conceived yet poorly exec......more

Goodreads review by Steve on September 07, 2008

Dwellers in the Mirage is my second Merritt novel, and it won't be my last, because I'm getting hooked on this guy. Written in 1932, you will no doubt, as you read it, detect the times -- and the pulps that came with them. But Merritt writes considerably better than most pulp writers, then and now.......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on December 23, 2014

Another story I read back in the early 70s (okay since it was written back in the hay (hey)day of the pulps). In the last few years Merrit has taken a beating but this is an enjoyable read. It's pulp....read it for fun and for what it is. That was the original review ^. It was short and to the point,......more

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