The Beetle
by Richard Marsh
“It is older than the sands, colder than the grave, and it has come to London for you.”
An ancient, shape-shifting terror from the Egyptian desert descends upon the gaslit streets of Victorian London to claim a terrifying revenge. As a prominent politician and a desperate clerk find themselves ensnared by a creature that transcends human form, they must confront an occult power far older than the British Empire itself.
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