Three Tales (Classic Reprint): The Ghost; The Brazen Android; The Carpenter: The Ghost; The Brazen Android; The Carpenter (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Haunting tales of imagination and consequence that linger after the last page.
This collection, Three Tales, blends Gothic atmosphere with strange invention and human drama. It opens with a Boston ghost story set on a historic street, then shifts to a dark, science‑fiction drama of an exotic android, and finally follows a wartime moral test that binds a family and a nation. Each tale crafts mood and mystery, inviting readers to weigh memory, science, and devotion.
- A ghostly presence on Bowdoin Street reveals memory, place, and honor in a city of old wealth and whispered legends.
- An eerie laboratory houses a brass android, where alchemy, architecture, and peril converge in a struggle between creation and conscience.
- A carpenter and a veteran confront a child’s fate and the country’s wounds, weaving sacrifice, forgiveness, and renewed hope.
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