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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

by H.P. Lovecraft

A Providence antiquarian resurrects his ancestor, a colonial-era wizard who dabbled in forbidden necromancy and summoned entities from beyond time and space. As Charles Dexter Ward seeks the alchemical secrets of eternal life, he unleashes cosmic horrors that threaten sanity itself. Lovecraft's novella weaves New England history with eldritch terror, exploring the dangers of knowledge that humanity was never meant to possess.

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