Series: Misc
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0967321522
Pages: 181 pages
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Price: $15.00
Reader Rating: Not rated
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0967321522
Pages: 181 pages
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Price: $15.00
Reader Rating: Not rated
Description: At the age of fourteen, Clark
Ashton Smith wrote an Arabian
Nights adventure novel called
'The Black Diamonds'. At nearly
90,000 words, it is the longest
work of fiction he would ever
write in his long career. The
thrilling and fast-paced story of
seventeenth-century Baghdad deals
with two mysterious black
diamonds and the conflict they
engender between an Arab family
and the powerful thief who seeks
to regain them. Kidnapping,
piracy, and even a possibly
supernatural 'Lake of Fire' are
all involved in this vibrant and
well-crafted narrative. Although
a work of Smith's youth, 'The
Black Diamonds' can withstand
comparison with any of his later
tales of Zothique, Hyperborea,
and Atlantis for compelling
readability. This never-before
published novel has been
meticulously edited by leading
fantasy scholar S. T. Joshi.
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