temple

The king of vendhya was dying. Through the hot, stifling night the temple gongs boomed and the conchs roared. Their clamor was a faint echo in the gold- domed chamber where Bhunda Chand struggled on the velvet-cushioned dais. Beads of sweat glistened on his dark skin; his fingers twisted the gold-worked fabric beneath him. He was young; no spear had touched him, no poison lurked in his wine.

As we continue to follow adventures of „Jan of the Jungle” written by Otis Adelbert Kline, we find him engaged to his fiancée Ramona and reunited with his parents. Together with some friends, they start a cruise on the Indian Ocean. However, the happy days don’t last long for Jan as he gets thrown in the shark infested waters and Ramona gets abducted. Follow the exploits of „Jan of the Jungle” as he...

Zaginiony stradivarius (1895 r.) bywa czasami określany jako książka M.R. Jamesa, której ten nigdy nie napisał. Porównanie to jednak nie deprecjonuje wartości utworu Falknera, w którym młody arystokrata, John Maltravers, odnajduje skrzypce Stradivariusa ukryte w pokojach w Magdalen College w Oksfordzie. Ich poprzedni właściciel, okultysta Adrian Temple, starał się zrealizować Visio Malefica, wizję...