The Face in the Abyss

Abraham Merritt (1884 - 1943)

Our narrator tells us of the time he met Nicholas Graydon in a small village in the Peruvian uplands of the Andean mountains, feverish and at death's door. While nursing Graydon back to health, our narrator is told of an incredible adventure Graydon experienced. Of the treacherous band of journeyman of which he found himself in the company. Of the beautiful and mysterious ivory-skinned woman Suarra and her claims of a hidden civilization filled with untold jewels and gold. Of The Snake Mother who haunts his dreams and presides over the lost world of Yu-Atlanchi with the blue and yellow-cowled Two Lords. Of that dreaded Face in the Abyss which he must resist or forever be consumed! (Summary by Ben Tucker)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction Ben Tucker
00:01:59
Play 01 Chapter I. Out of the Haunted Hills Ben Tucker
00:09:28
Play 02 Chapter II. Suarra of the Golden Spears Ben Tucker
00:29:36
Play 03 Chapter III. The Eyes of the Snake Mother Ben Tucker
00:28:12
Play 04 Chapter IV. The White Llama Ben Tucker
00:34:00
Play 05 Chapter V. The Thing That Fled Ben Tucker
00:34:35
Play 06 Chapter VI. The Elfin Horns Ben Tucker
00:18:41
Play 07 Chapter VII. "Come Back—Graydon!" Ben Tucker
00:12:59
Play 08 Chapter VIII. The Face in the Abyss Ben Tucker
00:26:51
Play 09 Chapter IX. "I Am Going Back to Her!" Ben Tucker
00:09:50