William Hope Hodgson’s "The Night Land" is a monumental and profoundly strange work of far-future science fiction and cosmic horror. The novel is set millions of years in the future, when the sun has died and the Earth is shrouded in an eternal, frigid darkness. The last remnants of humanity survive within a massive, pyramid-like metal fortress called the Last Redoubt, which is powered by a mysterious "Earth-Current." Outside, the world is a terrifying wasteland inhabited by monstrous, malevolent entities, silent Watchers, and indescribable abominations from the depths of space. The story is told by a narrator from the 17th century whose soul is connected to this future self. He perceives a faint telepathic signal from another survivor, a woman located in a forgotten, lesser redoubt thousands of miles away across the monstrous-haunted plain. Driven by love and a desperate sense of duty, he embarks on a suicidal quest to reach her. His journey is an epic trek through a landscape of pure nightmare, facing unimaginable psychological and physical terrors. William Hope Hodgson creates a uniquely oppressive and awe-inspiring atmosphere, building a world that is both terrifying and mesmerizing in its scale and desolation. The novel is written in a archaic, stylized prose that adds to its otherworldly and mythic quality, presenting a bleak yet poignant vision of love and courage enduring at the very end of time.

Table of Contents:

• The Night Land. Part 1

• The Night Land. Part 2

• The Night Land. Part 3

• The Night Land. Part 4

• The Night Land. Part 5

• The Night Land. Part 6

• The Night Land. Part 7

• The Night Land. Part 8

• The Night Land. Part 9

• The Night Land. Part 10