The Dark Star
Robert W. Chambers
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, June 9, 2010)
A pastor's daughter is inadvertently involved the heist of the famous Dark Star gem. Is there a prince who can save her from ruin and recover the stone?THE DARK STAR a dragon into which her creative fancy had so often transfonned it. Reassured, she continued to explore the contents of the wonder-box-a toy she preferred to her doll, but not to her beloved set of water-colours and crayon pencils. Some centuries ago Pandora's box let loose a world of troubles; Herr 'Vilncr's box apparently contained only pleasure for a little child whose pleasures were mostly of her own invention. It was a curious old box, made of olive wood and bound with bands of some lacquered silvery metal to make it strong-rupee silver, perhaps-strangely wrought with Arabic characters engraved and in shallow relief. It had handles on either side, like a seachest; a silver-lacquered lock and ha.sp which retained traces of violent usage; and six heavy strap hinges of the same lacquered metal. "Vithin it the little child knew that a most fascinating collection of articles was to be discovered, taken out one by one with greatest care, played About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at http://www.forgottenbooks.org