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In den Mooren Yorkshires lebt eine geheime Gruppe von Menschen, für die Bücher Nahrung sind, die alles verschlingen, was darin steht. Devon gehört dazu - bis ihr Sohn mit einer dunkleren Art von Hunger geboren wird: nicht nach den Geschichten in Büchern, sondern nach denen in den Köpfen der Menschen. Er ist ein Gedankenesser, eine 'Abart', die meist schon bei der Geburt gnadenlos getötet wird. Doch Devon schwört ihn zu retten und flieht mit ihm in die Welt der Menschen, verfolgt vom eigenen Clan und seinen schrecklichen Handlangern, den 'Rittern'.

"The Eater of Souls" by Henry Kuttner tells the story of Sindara, the ruler of Bel Yarnak, who confronts a monstrous entity known as the Eater of Souls. This entity's call has been drawing his people to their deaths in the Gray Gulf of Yarnak. Sindara, rejecting the advice of his necromancers and hydromancers, turns to his god, Vorvadoss, for help. After a harrowing battle, Sindara undergoes a horrific transformation, merging with the Eater of Souls to break the cycle of despair. The story ends with his tragic descent into darkness, forever separated from the beauty of his homeland.

A year has passed since Auric Manteo descended into the haunted depths of a Djao ruin to return a lethal artifact, only to face down a bloodthirsty, imprisoned god. Now, his daughter, Agnes, comes to bring him back to the capital with promises of hidden secrets finally revealed. But the city decays, poisonous disorder is rife, and whispered prophecy foretells of cataclysm and doom. Summoned by their no-longer human queen, Auric and Agnes are commanded to carry out an impossible task, one that can be accomplished only with the mysterious blade, Szaa’da’shaela.