Secrets of the Nine (preorder)

(preorder—shipping late this Summer)

Published by Meteor House.

Meteor House has announced an omnibus that collects all three of Philip José Farmer’s Secrets of the Nine novels in one volume for the first time!

This edition also marks the first US hardcover publication of Lord of the Trees and The Mad Goblin (the latter having been published in the UK under the title Keepers of the Secrets).

A FEAST UNKNOWN

The controversial underground classic of blood and lust—for adults only!

Lord Grandrith, the legendary apeman—jungle-raised secret son of Jack the Ripper—battles the equally legendary Doc Caliban, man of bronze and champion of justice. For the loser, it will mean death; for the victor, not just life—but immortality.

Inflamed by strange passions, these titans run amok in an orgy of hate and vengeance, lust and bloodshed. But these two giants have more in common than they could ever have imagined. Who are the dark manipulators of their destiny?

Lord of the Trees and The Mad Goblin, originally published together in an Ace double edition, follow Grandrith’s and Caliban’s less controversial but no less exciting simultaneous-separate adventures in their desperate battle against the Nine.

LORD OF THE TREES

The follow-up to Jose Farmer’s shocking and controversial A Feast Unknown.

“Having lived long enough with the charming fairy tale created by my biographer, I feel the time has come for the truth to be known. I propose to tell all: of the origins of the Nine, the elixir that gives us nearly eternal youth and superhuman strength, the struggles between us that set the world atremble.”

—John Cloamby, Lord Grandrith

THE MAD GOBLIN

They were known simply as the Nine—grim and ancient rulers who thirty thousand years ago had discovered the key to eternal life and ever since had secretly held the world in thrall.

Once, Doc Caliban had been their servant and had shared their secrets. Now, appalled by their tyranny, he has turned against them, daring to challenge their centuries-old supremacy. Together with two stalwart aides whose superhuman skills match his own, Caliban sets out on the trail of the deadliest of the Nine: the mad goblin Iwaldi, the very incarnation of evil…

METEOR HOUSE OMNIBUS EDITION

With cover art by Douglas Klauba and a new introduction to the omnibus by R. Paul Sardanas (aka “Doc Talos”), this is the definitive collection of the adventures of Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith!

This volume also features previously published essays by Theodore Sturgeon and Art Sippo, as well as a Nine Universe timeline by Win Scott Eckert and a new afterword to the omnibus by Eckert.

The Hardcover Limited Edition features:

• Leatherette cover with gold foil stamping
• Custom printed end papers
• Three color plates by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon
• Frontispiece by Douglas Klauba
• Illustrated signature page, signed by Bellerphon, Eckert, Klauba, Sardanas, and Sippo!