{"product_id":"9781479424597","title":"E. Hoffmann Price's Fables of Ismeddin MEGAPACK","description":"Edgar Hoffman Price (1898-1988) was a prolific pulp writer who got his start writing for Weird Tales and became a peripheral member of the Lovecraft Circle of weird fiction writers. This collection contains every story he published featuring a Kurdish holy man named Ismeddin. Price labels him as a \"darvish,\" an alternate spelling of the Sufi Muslim \"dervish,\" a man who chooses to become a beggar and an ascetic to become closer to God. The term \"whirling dervish\" comes from the spiraling dances the holy men use to place themselves in a trance state. Of course Price's darvish is half-crazed, a master swordsman, and particularly good at stirring up trouble. However, the stories he appears in are notable for their themes of religious truths, justice and wisdom, and explorations of the nature of reality. Included are \u003cp\u003e INTRODUCTION, by Alexander Kreitner\u003cbr\u003e THE DREAMER OF ATLANAAT\u003cbr\u003e THE INFIDEL'S DAUGHTER\u003cbr\u003e THIRSTY BLADES\u003cbr\u003e THE SLAVE OF JUSTICE\u003cbr\u003e SHAYKH AHMAD AND THE PIOUS COMPANIONS\u003cbr\u003e ISMEDDIN AND THE HOLY CARPET\u003cbr\u003e THE FORGOTTEN OF ALLAH\u003cbr\u003e ONE ARABIAN NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e A JEST AND A VENGEANCE\u003cbr\u003e THE SULTAN'S JEST\u003cbr\u003e THE STRANGER FROM KURDISTAN\u003cbr\u003e APRICOTS FROM ISPAHAN\u003cbr\u003e THE HAND OF WRATH\u003cbr\u003e THE RAJAH'S GIFT\u003cbr\u003e SATAN'S DAUGHTER\u003cbr\u003e WELL OF THE ANGELS\u003cbr\u003e THE GIRL FROM SAMARCAND\u003cbr\u003e EVERY MAN A KING\u003cbr\u003e LADY OF THE MOONLIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for \"Wildside Press Megapack\" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130965508336,"sku":"9781479424597","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479424597_p0.jpg?v=1763616735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479424597","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}