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    Citadel of Fear
    Citadel of Fear
    Citadel of Fear
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    Citadel of Fear

    Written by Gertrude Barrows Bennett

    Narrated by Arthur Vincet

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    Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented "dark fantasy". She wrote under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. Citadel of Fear, republished and rediscovered as a "lost classic" in 1970 (then published as a book for the first time) was considered a masterpiece by fellow writer H. P. Lovecraft. A pair of adventurers discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One of the adventurers succumbs to an evil god while the other one falls in love. Back in The US, the adventurer possessed by the evil god starts using his powers to mutate civilians. A reckoning between the two adventurers is inevitable...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateMar 22, 2017

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