The Moon Pool (Annotated)

The Moon Pool is a seminal work of early twentieth-century speculative romance, blending lost-world adventure, occult wonder, and proto-science fiction into a richly atmospheric narrative. Set amid Pacific ruins and subterranean marvels, the novel follows explorers who encounter an eerie, luminous force and the hidden civilization surrounding it. Merritt's prose is lush, sensuous, and incantatory,...