num_pages: 284
description: An adventure of both science fiction and fantasyone of the great love stories--this is William Hope Hodgson's masterpiece rewritten for the modern reader. Penned in 1912 The Night Land is considered by many to be a work of genius but one written in a difficult archaic style that readers often find impenetrable. As a labor of love James Stoddard has rewritten Hodgson's book to bring it to a wider audience. The story opens in the 19th century but quickly moves to the far future where the sun has gone out leaving the world in a darkness broken only by strange lights and mysterious fires. Over the ages monsters and evil forces have descended to the earth compelling the surviving humans to take refuge in a great pyramid of imperishable metal built in a miles-deep chasm. The monsters surround the pyramid in a perpetual siege lasting for eons waiting for the moment when its defenses must fail.But one man born out of his time must leave the pyramid to seek his long-lost love though all the perils of the Night Land.
language: English
title: The Night Land: A Story Retold
publisher: Ransom House