Young sailor Edmond Dantès has it all lined up: a job he loves, a woman he adores, and a future that seems pretty much guaranteed. One small problem - a few jealous “friends” and a whispered accusation are enough to turn his life into a nightmare. In a heartbeat, Edmond loses his freedom, his name, and any faith he ever had in justice.

But in the darkness of his prison cell, something new is born: knowledge, patience, and a plan so careful and cold that it will shake the lives of everyone who betrayed him.


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A trip to Mars was supposed to be simple: run some tests, collect some rocks, maybe come back with a good story for the bar. Instead, chemist Dick Jarvis and biologist Leroy stumble into the leftovers of a long-dead civilisation that feels anything but gone. Under the dust of the red planet lies a city of impossible scale, a library full of unreadable books, and hints of beings who might have learned how to dream on behalf of others. Oh, and somewhere nearby hops an oddly charming native named Tweel, whose logic is as alien as the landscape.

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Deep in the haunted heart of Africa, Puritan wanderer Solomon Kane stumbles on a nightmare: a dying slave girl, a brutal Arab caravan, and a trail marked by circling carrion birds. Kane’s cold, iron sense of justice drags him into a hopeless fight against men with muskets, whips, and chains—but the worst thing on that jungle road isn’t human at all.

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Paris, in the summer of war. John Campton - an American painter who is finally beginning to find success - discovers that his greatest commission will not be a portrait at all, but the fight for... his own son. George, born in France almost by accident, is drafted into the army, and suddenly the whole world of cafés, studios, and salons cracks under the pressure of wartime communiqués.

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Captain Anderton Graffenreid has waited two long years to prove he’s no coward - only to discover that the real enemy may be the terror inside his own skin.

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In “The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan”, Clark Ashton Smith serves up a wicked little tale about the richest money-lender in ancient Commoriom, a man who loves gold more than gods, people, or his own skin. When a strange curse and a pair of irresistible emeralds lure him beyond the safety of the city, Avoosl stumbles into a night where greed becomes a trap and treasure is anything but lifeless. Darkly humorous, lushly written, and dripping with eerie atmosphere, this story is a perfect bite of Smith’s cosmic mischief - just enough to make you grin, and then glance nervously into the shadows.

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London looks perfectly ordinary - smog, crowds, polite conversation, until three very charming strangers start telling very strange stories.

In Three Impostors, Arthur Machen threads together a series of unsettling tales: a missing scholar, a mysterious gold coin, whispers of a secret society, and rumours of something ancient moving just out of sight. Each meeting feels like an accident, each anecdote like a casual digression... but bit by bit, you get the sense that you’re being led somewhere dark on purpose.


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In the thick fog of the Civil War, Captain Ransome follows orders he doesn’t understand and discovers how obedience can destroy as surely as bullets. With Bierce’s trademark irony and soldier’s eye for the absurd, One Kind of Officer captures the quiet madness of men bound by duty when reason has fled. A sharp, haunting glimpse into war’s cruel logic from one of America’s darkest voices.

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In the shadowed alleys of Kabul, danger moves like a whisper-and Francis Xavier Gordon, known across the East as El Borak, stands alone against it. When a deadly cult known only as The Hidden Ones begins striking at the rulers of nations with a mysterious triple-bladed dagger, Gordon finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue that spans deserts, mountains, and the heart of ancient secrets.

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Before there was a glass slipper, there was a girl covered in ashes. In this timeless fairy tale, Charles Perrault weaves a story of grace, kindness, and a little touch of magic. Cinderella, mistreated by her cruel stepmother and vain stepsisters, finds her life transformed by an unexpected ally - and discovers that true beauty lies not in riches or finery, but in the heart.

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