Old Thaddeus McIlvaine discovered a dark star and took it for his own. Thus he inherited a dark destiny -- or did he?Old Thaddeus McIlvaine discovered a dark star and took it for his own. Thus he inherited a dark destiny -- or did he?

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Beginning with "The Return of Hastur", which Derleth completed posthumously from H.P. Lovecraft's notes, these stories masterfully expand the horrific cycle of the Cthulhu mythos and its monstrous pantheon.Contents:The Return of HasturThe Whippoorwills in the HillsSomething in WoodThe Sandwin CompactThe House in the ValleyThe Seal of R’lyeh

August Derleth - The Solar Pons Omnibus Volume 1 of 2Edited by Basil Copper - With Drawings By Frank Utpateland a Foreword by Robert BlochSolar Pons is the successor to the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Pons, along with the faithful Doctor Parker, carries on the great tradition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous consulting detective. But Solar Pons is far more than a mere shadow of Sherlock Holmes and is one of literature's great detectives in his own right.ContentsForeword by Robert BlochFrom the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon ParkerThe Adventure of the Sotheby SalesmanThe Adventure of Ricoletti of the ClubfootThe Adventure of the Unique DickensiansThe Adventure of the Haunted LibraryThe Adventure of the Aluminium CrutchThe Adventure of the Circular RoomThe Adventure of the Purloined PeriaptThe Adventure of the Lost LocomotiveThe Adventure of the Five Royal CoachmenThe Adventure of the Frightened BaronetThe Adventure of the Missing HuntsmanThe Adventure of the Amateur PhilologistThe Adventure of the Seven SistersThe Adventure of the Limping ManThe Adventure of the Shaplow MillionsThe Adventure of the Innkeeper's ClerkThe Adventure of the Crouching DogThe Adventure of the Perfect HusbandThe Adventure of the Dog in the MangerThe Adventure of the Swedenborg SignaturesThe Adventure of the Spurious TamerlaneThe Adventure of the Rydberg NumbersThe Adventure of the Praed Street IrregularsThe Adventure of the Penny MagentaThe Adventure of the Remarkable WormThe Adventure of the Retired NovelistThe Adventure of the Missing TenantsThe Adventure of the Devil's FootprintsThe Adventure of the Sussex ArchersThe Adventure of the Cloverdale KennelsThe Adventure of the Lost DutchmanThe Adventure of the Grice-Paterson CurseThe Adventure of the Dorrington InheritanceThe Adventure of the Norcross RiddleThe Adventure of the Late Mr. FavershamThe Adventure of the Black Narcissus