A Son of Perdition: An Occult Romance

Fergus Hume

• Publisher: Moran Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473379008
• Print ISBN:
  9781473305076

This early work by Fergus Hume was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Son of Perdition' is a tale of romance and the occult. Fergusson Wright Hume was born on 8th July 1859 in England, the second son of Dr. James Hume. The family migrated to New Zealand where Fergus was enrolled at Otago Boys' High School, and later continued his legal and literary studies at the University of Otago. Hume returned to England in 1888 where he resided in London for a few years until moving to the Essex countryside. There he published over 100 novels, mainly in the mystery fiction genre, though none had the success of his début work.

Table of contents

• A SON OF PERDITION
• Fergus Hume
• CHAPTER I. LOVE IN IDLENESS
• CHAPTER II. THE PROPHECY
• CHAPTER III. FULFILMENT
• CHAPTER IV. PLOTTING
• CHAPTER V. THE MEETING
• CHAPTER VI. A CONVERSATION
• CHAPTER VII. BEHIND THE SCENES
• CHAPTER VIII. LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
• CHAPTER IX. THE WARNING
• CHAPTER X. IN CORNWALL
• CHAPTER XI. THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
• CHAPTER XII. SMALL BEER CHRONICLES
• CHAPTER XIII. FURTHER SMALL BEER CHRONICLES
• CHAPTER XIV. PREPARATION
• CHAPTER XV. THE TRANCE
• CHAPTER XVI. THE DISCIPLE OF LOVE
• CHAPTER XVII. THE DISCIPLE OF HATE
• CHAPTER XVIII. THE NIGHT BEFORE
• CHAPTER XIX. THE MORNING AFTER
• CHAPTER XX. THE UNEXPECTED
• CHAPTER XXI. THE CHOICE
• CHAPTER XXII. RIGHT IS MIGHT
• CHAPTER XXIII. THE ETERNAL STRIFE
• CHAPTER XXIV. DAWN