Zanoni: The Classic Edition

He has walked the earth for centuries, mastering secrets that grant eternal youth — until he falls in love with a mortal woman and discovers that some powers cannot shield the heart.In the theaters of late-eighteenth-century Naples, a brilliant but tormented composer writes music that weaves terror with exquisite beauty. His daughter possesses a voice that captivates everyone who hears it — including a stranger who moves through the city like moonlight, softening everything he touches yet vanishing the moment one turns to look. Behind him stands a mentor who has chosen the path of pure intellect, stripped of all feeling, and beside them both waits a young Englishman whose ambition will unleash something terrible from the space between worlds.As moonlight that softens into beauty every angle on which it falls, seemed his presence.The Ageless Adept: An initiate of an ancient brotherhood who has outlived empires, now forced to choose between timeless wisdom and mortal loveThe Opera Singer: A young woman whose gift draws admirers across Europe — and one admirer who is not what he seemsThe Dweller at the Threshold: A terrifying entity born from every fear ever suppressed, guarding the boundary between the human and the divineFrom the author who gave the English language its most famous opening line comes a work that coined a term adopted by esoteric traditions worldwide and shaped the course of supernatural fiction for generations. Written generations before the great Gothic revival took form, this tale of sacrifice and transcendence bridges romance, philosophy, and horror in a way that defies any single label. Read more