MOON POOL (A. Merritt) - Softcover Book

By Abraham Merritt. Originally published in 1919. A novel involving a lost world adventure, inspired by the monumental ruins of Nan Madol in the South Pacific, which also inspired Lovecraft’s lost city of Ryloth. Merritt’s description of the South Pacific is evocative. Merritt accurately describes the vast numbers of unusual people who populated the tramp steamers of the day. The narrator, assembles a band of adventurers as he seeks to rescue his friend Throckmartin from the Dweller in the Moon Pool. Cosmic horror and adventure with shades of H.P. Lovecraft.