Meet Semi-Dual, the Occult Detector. The investigator who walks into a room full of questions nobody else can answer, sizes up the impossible, and gets to work. What you have not seen is one who casts a horoscope before dusting for fingerprints - and turns out to be right every single time.
The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual, the occult detective pulp fiction left behind and modern readers are finally ready for. He does not fit neatly into any category, which is exactly what makes him so compelling. He is methodical and mystical, grounded and genuinely strange, the kind of character who makes you question where rational investigation ends and something far more unsettling begins. His cases start as crimes and open into something much larger: a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them.
Written by J.U. Giesy, an Ohio physician, and Junius B. Smith, a Salt Lake City lawyer, these five stories first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1910s and have been essentially invisible ever since. That is a loss worth correcting. Fans of Jonathan Strange, Carnacki, The Dresden Files, and the whole tradition of investigators who operate at the edge of what is knowable will find something here that feels both bracingly fresh and comfortably familiar.
Fast, eerie, and smarter than they have any obligation to be, these stories ask the question that the best weird fiction always asks: what kind of world are we actually living in? Semi-Dual thinks he knows. After five cases, you might start to agree with him.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Meet Semi-Dual, the Occult Detector. The investigator who walks into a room full of questions nobody else can answer, sizes up the impossible, and gets to work. What you have not seen is one who casts a horoscope before dusting for fingerprints - and turns out to be right every single time. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual, the occult detective pulp fiction left behind and modern readers are finally ready for. He does not fit neatly into any category, which is exactly what makes him so compelling. He is methodical and mystical, grounded and genuinely strange, the kind of character who makes you question where rational investigation ends and something far more unsettling begins. His cases start as crimes and open into something much larger: a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them.Written by J.U. Giesy, an Ohio physician, and Junius B. Smith, a Salt Lake City lawyer, these five stories first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1910s and have been essentially invisible ever since. That is a loss worth correcting. Fans of Jonathan Strange, Carnacki, The Dresden Files, and the whole tradition of investigators who operate at the edge of what is knowable will find something here that feels both bracingly fresh and comfortably familiar.Fast, eerie, and smarter than they have any obligation to be, these stories ask the question that the best weird fiction always asks: what kind of world are we actually living in? Semi-Dual thinks he knows. After five cases, you might start to agree with him. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual. His cases start as crimes and open into a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798900469133
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Meet Semi-Dual, the Occult Detector. The investigator who walks into a room full of questions nobody else can answer, sizes up the impossible, and gets to work. What you have not seen is one who casts a horoscope before dusting for fingerprints - and turns out to be right every single time. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual, the occult detective pulp fiction left behind and modern readers are finally ready for. He does not fit neatly into any category, which is exactly what makes him so compelling. He is methodical and mystical, grounded and genuinely strange, the kind of character who makes you question where rational investigation ends and something far more unsettling begins. His cases start as crimes and open into something much larger: a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them.Written by J.U. Giesy, an Ohio physician, and Junius B. Smith, a Salt Lake City lawyer, these five stories first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1910s and have been essentially invisible ever since. That is a loss worth correcting. Fans of Jonathan Strange, Carnacki, The Dresden Files, and the whole tradition of investigators who operate at the edge of what is knowable will find something here that feels both bracingly fresh and comfortably familiar.Fast, eerie, and smarter than they have any obligation to be, these stories ask the question that the best weird fiction always asks: what kind of world are we actually living in Semi-Dual thinks he knows. After five cases, you might start to agree with him. Seller Inventory # 9798900469133
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Meet Semi-Dual, the Occult Detector. The investigator who walks into a room full of questions nobody else can answer, sizes up the impossible, and gets to work. What you have not seen is one who casts a horoscope before dusting for fingerprints - and turns out to be right every single time. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual, the occult detective pulp fiction left behind and modern readers are finally ready for. He does not fit neatly into any category, which is exactly what makes him so compelling. He is methodical and mystical, grounded and genuinely strange, the kind of character who makes you question where rational investigation ends and something far more unsettling begins. His cases start as crimes and open into something much larger: a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them.Written by J.U. Giesy, an Ohio physician, and Junius B. Smith, a Salt Lake City lawyer, these five stories first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1910s and have been essentially invisible ever since. That is a loss worth correcting. Fans of Jonathan Strange, Carnacki, The Dresden Files, and the whole tradition of investigators who operate at the edge of what is knowable will find something here that feels both bracingly fresh and comfortably familiar.Fast, eerie, and smarter than they have any obligation to be, these stories ask the question that the best weird fiction always asks: what kind of world are we actually living in? Semi-Dual thinks he knows. After five cases, you might start to agree with him. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual. His cases start as crimes and open into a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798900469133
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Meet Semi-Dual, the Occult Detector. The investigator who walks into a room full of questions nobody else can answer, sizes up the impossible, and gets to work. What you have not seen is one who casts a horoscope before dusting for fingerprints - and turns out to be right every single time. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual, the occult detective pulp fiction left behind and modern readers are finally ready for. He does not fit neatly into any category, which is exactly what makes him so compelling. He is methodical and mystical, grounded and genuinely strange, the kind of character who makes you question where rational investigation ends and something far more unsettling begins. His cases start as crimes and open into something much larger: a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them.Written by J.U. Giesy, an Ohio physician, and Junius B. Smith, a Salt Lake City lawyer, these five stories first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1910s and have been essentially invisible ever since. That is a loss worth correcting. Fans of Jonathan Strange, Carnacki, The Dresden Files, and the whole tradition of investigators who operate at the edge of what is knowable will find something here that feels both bracingly fresh and comfortably familiar.Fast, eerie, and smarter than they have any obligation to be, these stories ask the question that the best weird fiction always asks: what kind of world are we actually living in? Semi-Dual thinks he knows. After five cases, you might start to agree with him. The Stars Do Not Lie introduces Semi-Dual. His cases start as crimes and open into a universe with patterns underneath it, if you know how to read them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798900469133
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