Lucian Taylor, a lonely boy in the Welsh border country, climbs to an ancient Roman fort one January afternoon and is changed by what he feels there. Growing up mocked by the local gentry, he devotes himself to literature and to a private dream of Roman Isca, then moves to a London lodging where his inner world takes over.
A decadent prose-poem of a novel, admired by H. P. Lovecraft, for readers drawn to weird fiction and the writing life. Download the free EPUB.