The Face in the Abyss

About this book

An expedition in the Andes encounters a woman from a hidden land whose ornaments depict creatures that should have vanished ages ago. The path to her home leads through dangerous passages into Yu-Atlanchi, where human ambitions mingle with older, stranger powers.

A. Merritt fills this adventure with lizard-men, secret cities, ancient machines and the enigmatic Snake Mother. What began as a shorter tale grew into a novel of competing factions and prehistoric wonders. The prose delights in colour and spectacle, while its lost civilisation grows increasingly unsettling the farther its visitors travel.