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What if ancient evil never vanishes, but hides until the modern world is ready for its return?
In The Slayer of Souls, Robert W. Chambers brings ancient powers into a world shaken by war. Secret societies and occult menace turn fear of hidden enemies into an adventure of action and danger. At its center stands a battle between good and evil, fought on spiritual ground as well as physical.
Chambers mixes the strange atmosphere of his weird fiction with the romance of his popular stories. Old powers hide, wait and return in new forms. Evil is not simply a dark mood or a human weakness here: it is an active force. The result is a tale where hidden threats give the modern world a darker shadow.
What you’ll discover
- Ancient powers still waiting Enter a world where old forces survive, concealed beneath the surface of modern life.
- A battle beyond flesh Follow a contest in which spiritual danger matters as much as physical survival.
- Secrets behind the chaos Encounter secret societies and the unsettling possibility of hidden enemies at work.
- Action with an eerie edge Find fast action, strange detail and occult menace woven into a supernatural adventure.
- Another side of Chambers Discover how his taste for weird fiction meets his gift for popular romance.
Who will love it
Readers who love pulp adventure, secret agents, occult menace and a love story wrapped inside a spy plot. It suits anyone curious about how 1919 imagined Bolshevism, Asia and the powers of the mind.
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- Escape from Asia does not end the danger
- A stage magician draws a government agent
- Eight towers of Asia threaten the free mind
- A marriage of duty begins in danger
- A quiet river hides a hunter
- Two girls cross the world in sleep
- Temple memories and dangers at home
- A coastal lead and mutual protection
- What the story is really about
Who’s who
- Tressa NorneAn American girl raised in a Yezidee temple, she masters its sorcery and fights to survive while trusting that her soul is not lost.
- Victor ClevesA former Harvard bird scholar turned Secret Service agent, he marries Tressa to protect her and slowly learns to believe her.
- John RecklowThe calm, silver-haired chief of the agents, he knows old Asia and pushes Cleves to do the honorable thing.
- SanangA polished Mongol prince and successor to the Old Man of the Mountain, he wants to seize the minds of mankind.
- YulunTressa's friend from the temple, she crosses the world in spirit and falls in love with the agent James Benton.
- SansaAnother temple friend, mischievous and wealthy, she helps Tressa and wins the heart of the agent Alek Selden.
- Alek SeldenA banker and volunteer agent, he finds the secret garden at Fool's Acre and helps fight the sorcerers there.
- James BentonA New York architect and agent who is uneasy about psychic powers, he finds himself at the center of Yulun's love.
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Der Seelenjäger
by Robert W. Chambers · 1920
A temple girl trained in sorcery hunts eight Mongol assassins for the United States Secret Service.
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A girl stands at a ship's rail and watches a dragon of golden fire rise from the fog. She knows what it means, and she is not safe at all.
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Escape from Asia does not end the danger
Tressa Norne sails from Korea on the Nan-yang Maru, sure that four years of nightmare are over. She spent them in Yian, a Chinese city ruled by the Yezidees, a sect of devil worshippers who follow Erlik, the Mongol Satan.
Before the ship reaches San Francisco, signs of fire appear in the sky, a dragon and a pale moon. She understands them as a message. That night in her hotel room, Prince Sanang walks through a locked door in evening clothes and tells her to forget everything she knows. He lays a burial sheet at her feet to show the price of refusing.
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What is The Slayer of Souls about?
It follows Tressa Norne, an American girl who learns sorcery in a Mongol devil temple and then helps the United States Secret Service hunt eight assassin chiefs who want to enslave minds across America.
Who is Sanang in The Slayer of Souls?
Sanang is a polished Mongol prince and Yezidee sorcerer, heir to the title of the Old Man of the Mountain. He leads the eight assassin chiefs and is the main enemy Tressa must face.
What does the title The Slayer of Souls mean?
The Slayer of Souls is the name Tressa gives to the Old Man of Mount Alamout, the chief of the Assassins, who she believes can destroy a human soul as well as a body.
The author
Robert W. Chambers
1865–1933 · American novelist and illustrator
Robert W. Chambers was an American writer whose 1895 collection The King in Yellow became a cornerstone of weird fiction, casting its influence over H.P. Lovecraft and generations of horror writers since. He was a successful popular novelist in his day, but this early work is what endures.
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