On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret
mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers
and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the
world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a
disaster that changed his life forever.
Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident?
Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his
deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the
use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean
London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?
Just as he did in "The Terror," Dan Simmons draws impeccably
from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying
narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's
life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent
collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the
still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may
provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of
Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, DROOD is Dan
Simmons at his powerful best.
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