The Inmost Light

By Arthur Machen

Book Overview

A beautiful woman. A medical experiment. The horrifying truth of what lies hidden in the soul.

The Inmost Light is a deeply disturbing psychological horror story by Arthur Machen, exploring the esoteric terror of identity and the transference of consciousness.

The tale is introduced through a group of friends discussing a baffling and tragic case: the mysterious deterioration and eventual death of Mrs. Lathom, the beautiful and refined wife of a prominent London doctor. Dr. Lathom, a respected scientist, becomes obsessed with a secret, revolutionary medical project that requires him to study human consciousness.

The Inmost Light is a chilling masterpiece of body-horror and transcendental dread, a precursor to many modern stories of mind-switching and the fundamental terror of losing one's identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528704096
• ISBN13: 9781528704090
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"