The Malignant Entity

By Otis Adelbert Kline

A dead scientist's body has been reduced to a skeleton, yet his clothing and identifying marks remain intact. Faced with a death that appears to defy ordinary explanation, Dr. Dorp begins an exacting inquiry narrated by Evans, whose first-person account places observation, evidence and uncertainty at the centre of this compact scientific mystery. The impossible is not accepted as supernatural merely because existing knowledge cannot explain it. Townsend's residence becomes the enclosed ground of the investigation, from its study and upstairs laboratory to the basement below. Scientific equipment and private writings offer possible routes towards an answer, while an unusual viscous substance, examined under a microscope, raises more disturbing questions. Forensic reasoning meets microbiological speculation as the inquiry confronts the possibility of artificial life: an organism associated with rapid growth and consumption, created through experimentation but no longer safely bounded by its maker's intentions. Scientific ambition drives the story's unease. Animal experimentation, synthetic life and the limits of rational knowledge are woven into a detective structure in which each material clue threatens to enlarge the mystery rather than contain it. The short form keeps the focus tight, while the domestic laboratory setting gives the scientific-gothic tension an immediate physical presence. 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: 9377787300
• ISBN13: 9789377787301
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"