Face in the Abyss

Nicholas Graydon was found dying in a Peruvian village, his body racked by fever, his mind haunted by visions he could not escape. When he recovers, he tells an extraordinary tale: of a journey into the depths of the Andes, of a treacherous band of treasure hunters, and of Suarra, an ivory-skinned woman of otherworldly beauty who claims to be the last guardian of a lost civilization hidden beneath the jungle. But it is the dream-figure that disturbs him most: the Snake Mother, ancient and terrible, who rules the sunken world of Yu-Atlanchi alongside the blue and yellow-cowled Two Lords. And there is the Face in the Abyss, a presence that watches from the void, calling to Graydon with a promise of terrible power, and an invitation to damnation. He must resist, or be consumed forever. Published in 1931, Face in the Abyss is a landmark of pulp fantasy, blending adventure narrative with esoteric mysticism to create something genuinely unsettling and operatic in scope.