Book description
Dwellers in the Mirage
A. Merritt
Leif Langdon doesn't choose exile. Exile chooses him.
One moment twentieth-century man. Next, cast into an ancient world that exists only in mirage. The transition isn't gentle. It's violent. Disorienting. Life-altering.
Merritt crafts dislocation with surgical precision. No hand-holding through the impossible. Just sudden immersion in a realm where logic bends and reality fractures.
The Dwayanu awakens.
Two souls sharing one body. Leif and his ancient counterpart wage internal war while external forces close in. Lur, the witch-woman, weaves seduction and danger. Evalie, ethereal beauty, represents something purer. Something unattainable.
The Mirage itself becomes character. Shifting. Breathing. Alive.
Merritt's prose style earns its reputation. Purple doesn't begin to describe the richness. Every sentence pulses with Technicolor intensity. Yet beneath the ornate surface lies genuine psychological horror. What happens when modern consciousness collides with primal forces?
The author understood something fundamental about displacement. About identity fragmentation. Written decades before such concepts entered popular consciousness.
Langdon's journey transcends simple adventure. It's existential crisis wrapped in fantastic trappings. The real horror isn't external monsters. It's internal dissolution.
Merritt's forgotten status is literary tragedy. Here was writer who bridged pulp and art. Who understood that genre fiction could carry philosophical weight.
The audiobook format suits this work perfectly. Merritt's rhythmic prose demands vocalization. The internal conflicts, the mystical elements, the sheer otherworldliness all benefit from skilled narration.
Listening becomes transportive. You don't read Merritt. You experience him.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience