This fast-paced tale of historical supernatural suspense, which Booklist hailed as “unfailingly readable and terrifically well-written,” provides “one cliffhanging chapter after another” ( Kirkus Reviews). Now, writer and fighter must stand together to save humanity from a darkness beyond even Poe’s tortured imagination. A bare-knuckle fighter named Pierce James Figg arrives with a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens, begging for Poe’s help chasing down the power-mad devil worshiper. In the shadows of New York City, Poe drowns his talent in rotgut gin, trying to forget the death of his beloved wife. To combat his dark designs, mankind’s hopes rest on a troubled author named Edgar Allan Poe. Jonathan is the most powerful psychic on earth, and in service of his god, Lucifer, he will tear civilization apart. The throne has been lost for millennia, but now one man seeks to find it and harness its secrets to unleash hell upon the world.
It is said that beneath Solomon’s glorious throne, books that gave the fabled king control over life, death, and demonic power were buried. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.A half-mad, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe aims to defeat an occultist’s terrifying plot in this “intelligent, suspenseful” thriller set in 1840s New York ( Booklist).
This long adventure-oriented novel takes Poe to Europe and other places he never traveled. (The first was A Singular Conspiracy (1974) by Barry Perowne.) This excellent first novel won Olden the Edgar in 1976. It is said that beneath Solomon’s glorious throne, books that gave the fabled king control over life, death, and demonic power were buried. The second novel to use Poe as its central figure was Poe Must Die (1976) by Marc Olden. A half-mad, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe aims to defeat an occultist’s terrifying plot in this “intelligent, suspenseful” thriller set in 1840s New York ( Booklist).
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