Brood of the Witch-Queen - Rohmer, Sax
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Robert Cairn is suspicions of Antony Ferrara, the adopted son of an old friend, of infernal magic and supernatural influence. The strange deeds of Antony illustrate certain phases of Sorcery as it was formerly practiced in Ancient Egypt and Europe during the Middle Ages. The strange murder of Sir Michael Ferrara is followed by a horrifying series of events and do not cease until Dr. Bruce Cairn destroys the source of Ferrara's control, the famed Book of Thoth. Now Ferrara is no longer able to control the elemental he has summoned and is found as a burned corpse.

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Robert Cairn is suspicions of Antony Ferrara, the adopted son of an old friend, of infernal magic and supernatural influence. The strange deeds of Antony illustrate certain phases of Sorcery as it was formerly practiced in Ancient Egypt and Europe during the Middle Ages. The strange murder of Sir Michael Ferrara is followed by a horrifying series of events and do not cease until Dr. Bruce Cairn destroys the source of Ferrara's control, the famed Book of Thoth. Now Ferrara is no longer able to control the elemental he has summoned and is found as a burned corpse.
Autorenporträt
Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883 - 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. Born in Birmingham to a working-class family, Arthur Ward initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing full-time. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing fiction. Like his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to one of the factions of the qabbalistic Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rohmer also claimed ties to the Rosicrucians, but the validity of his claims has been questioned. His doctor and family friend Dr R. Watson Councell may have been his only legitimate connection to such organizations. His first published work came in 1903, when the short story "The Mysterious Mummy" was sold to Pearson's Weekly. Rohmer's main literary influences seem to have been Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and M. P. Shiel. He gradually transitioned from writing for music hall performers to concentrating on short stories and serials for magazine publication. In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox. He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910.