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The Nine Unknown: A Positronic Book
Paperback
FantasyClassic FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515439981
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Jan 13 2019
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Nine Unknown blends lost-knowledge legend, secret societies, and high adventure into one of the early foundations of twentieth-century occult thrillers.
Talbot Mundy draws upon the enduring Indian legend of the Nine Unknown Men-guardians of powerful scientific and philosophical secrets said to have been preserved since the reign of Emperor Ashoka. When a British officer in colonial India becomes entangled with revolutionary politics, hidden manuscripts, and mysterious adepts who guard forbidden knowledge, the novel unfolds into a sweeping tale of intrigue, metaphysical speculation, and imperial tension.
Part espionage adventure, part mystical romance, The Nine Unknown anticipates later conspiracy fiction and esoteric thrillers. Mundy's deep fascination with Eastern philosophy and anti-imperial currents gives the novel unusual depth for pulp-era adventure fiction. Beneath its action lies a meditation on power, secrecy, and the ethical burden of knowledge withheld from the world.
A cornerstone of early speculative adventure, this edition restores Mundy's influential novel for modern readers of classic science fiction, occult fiction, and pulp-era thrillers.
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