The Moon Pool - Classic Reprint Author:Abraham Merritt FOR two months I ha.d been on the d'Entrc· cast.eaux Islands gathering data for the concluding chapters of my book upon the flora of the volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The day before I had reached Port Moresby and had secn my specimens safely stored on board the S()ll.l~'n Q14CC,J. As I sat on the upper deck I thought. ;th homesick mind,... more » of the long leagues between me and hlelboume. and the longer ones between ~lelboume and Nef' York. It was one of Papua's yellow mornings when she shows herself in her sombrest, most baleful mood. The sky was smouldering ochre. Over the island brooded a spirit sullen. alien, implacable. filled with the threat of latent. malefic forces waiting to be unleashed. It seemed rut emanation out of the untamed, sinister heart of Papua hersclf- sinistcr even when she smiles. And now and then, on the wind. came a breath from vi~n
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CONTENTS; I-TuE TlUSG O~ TilE ~foo~ PAn1 I; 11-" DEAD! ALL DEAD!U 12; III-TlIE ~ioos ROCK; IV-TIIE FIRST VANJSJIISGS; V-INTO TilE ~!oos POOL ; ?; VI-"TlIE Snl~fSG DEVIL TOOK; THEM I" ; VII-LARR' O'KEEFE ; VIII-OLAF·s STORY ?; IX-A loST PAGE OF EARnl; X-THE ~loos POOL; ?; ?; ?; ?; 19; 31; 39; 53; 6c); 76; 86; 96; X I - TUE FLAll E-TI PP£D SHADO'VS 115; XII-TIIE E~D OF TilE JOUR~'EV 133; XIII-„OLARA, PRIESTESS OF TOE SIUSISG; OSE 139; XIV-TuE JUSTICE OF loRA ? 148; XV-Tu£ ANCRY, WUISPERI~G GLOBE ? 161; XVI-YOLARAOF ~it1R lA DS TUE OtKEEFE li3 VlI; ,0,; V1l1 Contents; CR · fIU PACK; XVII-TlIE LEPRECHAUN 193; XVIII-TIIE AMPUITHEATRE OF JET 202; XIX-TuE MADNESS OF OLAF 213; XX-TlIE TEMPTISG OF LARRY ? 232; XXI-LARRytS DEFIANCE 252; XXII-THE CASTING OF THE SHADOW 266; XXIII-DRAGON ,VORM AND Moss DEATH 279; XXIV-TuE CRIMSON SEA 294; XXV-TUE THREE SILENT ONES 304; XXVI-THE WOOING OF LAXLA 312; XXVII-Tne COMING OF YOLARA 330; XXVIII-IN TUE LAIR OF« less