The Jewel of Seven Stars

Bram Stoker

• Publisher: WordFire Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680572193
• Print ISBN:
  9781680572186
• Subtopic: Irish Literature

From the author of Dracula, one of the first mummy stories and a classic of nineteent-century gothic fiction.
 
In a house full of Egyptian antiquities—
A jeweled scarab, mummified cat, and severed hand . . .
Unexplained claw marks and comas . . .
A mysterious stranger's wild tales of a hidden tomb and ancient warnings . . .
Of violent deaths to everyone who sought the jewel . . .
All linked to a forgotten queen's 5,000-year quest for reincarnation . . .
Malcolm Ross, pulled by his adoration of Margaret Trelawny, finds himself embroiled in a centuries old story that challenges human logic.
Lovers of the supernatural, occult, and paranormal will enjoy this unique edition of Bram Stoker's The Jewel of the Seven Stars, which includes the novel's original 1903 ending as well as an abridged 1912 version.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Book Description
• Half Title
• Illustration
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Dedication
• 1. A Summons in the Night
• 2. Strange Instructions
• 3. The Watchers
• 4. The Second Attempt
• 5. More Strange Instructions
• 6. Suspicions
• 7. The Traveller’s Loss
• 8. The Finding of the Lamps
• 9. The Need of Knowledge
• 10. The Valley of the Sorcerer
• 11. A Queen’s Tomb
• 12. The Magic Coffer
• 13. Awaking from the Trance
• 14. The Birth-Mark
• 15. The Purpose of Queen Tera
• 16. Powers—Old and New
• 17. The Cavern
• 18. Doubts and Fears
• 19. The Lesson of the “Ka”
• 20. The Great Experiment (1903)
• 21. The Great Experiment (1912)
• Publisher’s Note
• About the Author
• If You Liked
• Other WordFire Press Titles