Farewell Nikola is the fifth and last novel of the Dr Nikola series. We are reacquainted with
Richard "Dick" Hatteras, former South Seas adventurer and Roustabout who clashed with Dr Nicola in “A Bid for
Fortune". He is now Sir Richard Hatteras and firmly married. He is taking a long sojourn with his wife and
companions in Venice, where quite by chance (or is it ?) he bumps into Dr Nikola, who despite their stormy past, is
the height of affability. He is still suave, cosmopolitan, cultivated and just as unscrupulous as he ever was. We
discover that Nikola lives alone in Venice in a dilapidated palace with a macabre history. Hatteras is drawn once
more into a tangled web spun by Dr Nikola who reveals something of his own past and presents a side of himself that
we have never seen. He still regards himself above all laws, and follows his own strange code of conduct. If you
thought that words like empathy, compassion, contrition would never have featured in the lexicon of Dr Nicola then
be prepared for a surprise. - Summary by Peter Keeble
The small Welsh town of Llantrisant has experienced something unusual... Something wonderful...
Something even miraculous. It only lasted a few days but has left an indelible mark on the village and the
villagers. Just what is this event? Join master of the mystical Arthur Machen on a lyrical and entrancing journey to
discover for yourself the secret of the Great Return. (Summary by Ben Tucker)
Young Pat Glendon is twenty-two years old, weighs two-hundred and twenty pounds, has never drunk
alcohol nor tasted tobacco and knows little of city life. He’s all muscle, moves with cat-like grace and possesses
great stamina and strength acquired from living natural in the wilds of northern California with his father. Young
Pat is a natural at prize-fighting. In addition to his brawn he has speed and a natural instinct for the sport. His
father, a former heavyweight prize-fighter himself, has trained Young Pat and believes it is time for the boy to
take on the heavyweight world. But being in poor health, the elder Glendon enlists Sam Stubener of San Francisco to
be the boy’s manager with instructions to protect the boy from the rottenness of the sport. Jack London’s The
Abysmal Brute is a story about naivete and natural athleticism against the brutishness and corruption of
professional boxing, intertwined with a touching romance. This novel was twice made into movies: The Abysmal Brute
(1923) and Conflict (1936), the latter starring John Wayne as Young Pat Glendon. (Summary by Warren Kati)
Private detective Paul Harley investigates a mysterious case involving voodoo, vampirism, and
macabre murder in the heart of London. The first book in the Paul Harley series, written by Sax Rohmer, author of
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. (Summary by Mark Nelson)
Ayesha, the return of She, is set 16 years after the previous novel She. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey
have spent the years travelling the world looking for Ayesha, along the way they experience many adventures,
including avalanches, glaciers and even death-hounds before finally arriving in the court of Kaloon. At the court,
they hear tell of a woman who Leo suspects to be Ayesha, however things are never simple and conflict soon follows
them to Ayesha’s court. (Summarised from Wikipedia)
