A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny

Category: Fantasy, Mystery, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: Dracula Eldritch Frankenstein Gothic Halloween Jack the Ripper Sherlock Holmes Victorian London Wolfman Xenofiction

Written by Roger Zelazny
Read by Matt Godfrey
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Loyally accompanying a mysterious knife-wielding gentleman named Jack on his midnight rounds through the murky streets of London, good dog Snuff is busy helping his master collect the grisly ingredients needed for an unearthly rite that will take place not long after the death of the moon. But Snuff and his master are not alone. All manner of participants, both human and not, are gathering with their ancient tools and their animal familiars in preparation for the dread night. It is brave, devoted Snuff who must calculate the patterns of the Game and keep track of the Players—the witch, the mad monk, the vengeful vicar, the Count who sleeps by day, the Good Doctor and the hulking Experiment Man he fashioned from human body parts, and a wild-card American named Larry Talbot—all the while keeping Things at bay and staying a leap ahead of the Great Detective, who knows quite a bit more than he lets on.

Boldly original and wildly entertaining, A Night in the Lonesome October is a darkly sparkling gem, an amalgam of horror, humor, mystery, and fantasy. First published in 1993, it was Zelazny’s last book prior to his untimely death. Many consider it the best of the fantasy master’s novels.

6 hrs and 32 mins
August 23, 2022