The Night Land was first published in 1912 _ Plus: Biography of William Hope Hodgson and Note.

The vividly-described and extraordinarily imaginative creatures and horrors of the Land itself, prompt H. P. Lovecraft to describe it as “one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written”. _ Millions of years into the future, the Sun has died, plunging the Earth into darkness. The remaining millions of the human race have moved downward into deep ravines, where volcanism still provides enough heat to keep the air in a breathable form. They live within a colossal pyramidal Redoubt, lit, heated, and defended by the mysterious Earth Current, and besieged by the incomprehensible creatures of darkness who have overtaken the rest of the Earth. They await the inevitable day when the Current fails and the monsters gathering outside swarm their defences. Then, one day, they learn that a second Redoubt exists, one smaller, weaker, and on the verge of destruction…

Wuilia Ebooks _ ISBN 978-2-38481-031-4 _ English Version _ ePub _ 197,186 words (11 hours 58 minutes) – 1003 pages _ 18/05/2022.