F. W. Bain 1 hr 32 min read

An ornate Sanskrit-flavored fable of mortal love and immortal danger, translated with fin-de-siècle lushness.

F. W. Bain's 1912 fantasy, presented as a translation of an ancient Hindu manuscript, spins an exquisitely wrought tale in the perfumed, jewel-encrusted style that made his 'Digit of the Moon' series popular. A sumptuous period piece of Orientalist literary fantasy. Read it for gorgeously ornamented Edwardian fantasy steeped in the imagery of Indian myth.

In its time

Published in 1912, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

1 hr 32 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).