The Dwellers In The Mirage

By Abraham Merritt, Nolan Langforde, Devin Shields

A hidden world lies beneath an atmospheric mirage, where scientific explanation and occult power contend for authority. Drawn by mysterious sounds in the Alaskan wilderness, mining engineer Leif Langdon crosses into the warm subterranean Shadowed-land, a realm of rival cultures, ancestral memory and forces that challenge the boundaries between knowledge and belief. Told in the first person, the novel places Leif's divided identity at the centre of a lost-world adventure shaped by exploration and conflict. The life-centred culture of the Little People stands against the sacrificial religion of Khalk'ru, marked by the disturbing image of a black octopus. Between them lies a struggle over power and survival, while Leif must confront the claims of inherited memory alongside the habits of an engineer trained to seek material causes. Sword-and-sorcery action, occult fantasy and science-fictional speculation meet in a subterranean civilisation whose cities, strongholds and haunted lake enlarge the mystery without resolving it into a single explanation. The contrast between life and annihilation gives the adventure its deepest tension, while the explorer-engineer's perspective keeps the strange world anchored in questions of evidence, identity and allegiance. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378413676
• ISBN13: 9789378413674
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"