This volume contains 8 novels as well as 8 short stories, by Abraham Grace Merritt known by his byline, A. Merritt, inducted to The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for his amazing stories.

Merritt's stories typically revolve around conventional pulp magazine themes: lost civilizations, hideous monsters, terrible machines, etc. His heroes are gallant Irishmen or Scandinavians, his villains treacherous Germans or Russians and his heroines often virginal, mysterious and scantily clad.

The works included in this very comprehensive collection are:

THE MOON POOL
THE METAL MONSTER
THE FACE IN THE ABYSS
THE SHIP OF ISHTAR
SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN
BURN, WITCH, BURN!
THE DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE
CREEP, SHADOW!

EIGHT SHORT STORIES
1. THE FOX WOMAN
2. THE PEOPLE OF THE PIT
3. THROUGH THE DRAGON GLASS
4. THE DRONE
6. THREE LINES OF OLD FRENCH
7. THE WOMEN OF THE WOOD
8. THE POOL OF THE STONE GOD