Hyperborea: Tales from the Ancient Northern Continent by Clark Ashton Smith

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Venture into the frozen realms of Hyperborea, where primordial jungles sprawl beneath a sky of eternal twilight and glaciers creep ever closer, seeking to swallow the last remnants of a doomed age. In this land of eerie magnificence, where elder gods slumber beneath the ice and sorcerers wield powers as perilous as they are potent, humanity lingers on the edge of extinction—clinging to crumbling cities, forgotten temples, and the fading vestiges of ancient glory.

Here, in the shadow of the enigmatic peak of Mount Voormithadreth, beast-things and demons prowl, lost races hoard their eldritch secrets, and forbidden tomes whisper the names of deities best left unspoken. Men and monsters alike chase after power, beauty, and escape from a fate they cannot outrun, encountering horrors both grotesque and sublime.

This collection gathers together Clark Ashton Smith’s finest tales of Hyperborea—stories of doomed ambition, black sorcery, and ironic fate, set in a world teetering between wonder and oblivion. In these pages, a single spell can unravel destiny, and the ice-bound gods may yet awaken to reclaim what was once theirs. Enter Hyperborea, and tread carefully—for every step may lead to an abyss from which there is no return.

• Written by Clark Ashton Smith
• 4.25″ x 6.875″ pocketbook size edition
• 206 pages
• Adult Fantasy Series