The Moon Pool
The Moon Pool by Abraham Grace Merritt is a fantasy novel originally published in 1919 and republished in this First Edition by Read Books in May 2013. This edition features a new introductory biography and spans 468 pages, presenting a narrative set on the island of Ponape, where explorers uncover the remnants of an ancient civilization and embark on an adventure into an unknown world.
Readers will find a blend of fantasy and mystery as the story unfolds amidst the ruins, highlighting the themes of exploration and discovery. The characters navigate challenges typical of early 20th-century pulp fiction, with gallant heroes and enigmatic settings. This edition, available in English, invites those interested in classic fantasy narratives to delve into Merritt’s imaginative storytelling.
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This early work by Abraham Grace Merritt was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ‘The Moon Pool’ is a fantasy novel set on the island of Ponape amongst ruins of an ancient civilisation. It tells the tale of adventurous explorers who discover an unknown world. Abraham Grace Merritt – also known by his byline, A. Merritt – was born on the 20th January, 1884 in New Jersey, America. Merritt’s stories typically revolved around conventional pulp magazine themes. His heroes are gallant Irishmen or Scandinavians, his villains treacherous Germans or Russians and his heroines often virginal, mysterious and scantily clad. Merritt married twice, once in the 1910s to Eleanore Ratcliffe, with whom he raised an adopted daughter, and again in the thirties to Eleanor H. Johnson.
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