Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

by Bram Stoker, Valdimar Ásmundsson, Dacre Stoker, John Edgar Browning Narrated by Adam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R. C. Bray, various narrators, others

Overview

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, “Powers of Darkness”), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker's preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Ásmundsson's story.

In 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of Makt Myrkranna, only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn't merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally reworked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker's Dracula. Incredibly, Makt Myrkranna has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now.

Powers of Darkness presents the first ever translation into English of Stoker and Ásmundsson's Makt Myrkranna. With a foreword by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and bestselling author, and an afterword by Dracula scholar John Edgar Browning, Powers of Darkness will amaze and entertain legions of fans of Gothic literature, horror, and vampire fiction.

Editorial Reviews

San Francisco Book Review

A completely new look at this classic text that fans of the book and genre won’t want to miss.

Toni V. Sweeney - The New York Journal of Books

Powers of Darknessis an entertaining story and during the read, it is easy to forget what it’s supposed to be—a translation—and think of it as an entirely new novel . . . to quote from the original: ‘There are mysteries men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.’Powers of Darknessdoes exactly that, while offering new mysteries in their place.”

From the Publisher

A carnival of horror . . . [Powers of Darkness] provides an atmospheric and shock-filled touch to a bloody and familiar tale that has inspired shivers of terror for generations of readers.”

The National Post

Powers of Darknessis an incredible discovery that serves as a return to form for the vampire story, giving the Count and his famous Transylvanian castle centre stage once more, and scaring us all senseless in the process.”

The Guardian

Our familiar, beloved count has a wintry doppelgänger, thanks to this strange, pleasing curiosity of a book.

John Williams - The New York Times Book Review

With the discovery of its vast differences fromDracula, [Powers of Darkness] will have a lasting effect on the world of vampire studies.”

Dacre Stoker

The resurrection ofMakt Myrkranna(Powers of Darkness) illustrates another example of Dracula's immortality.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173980533
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	04/24/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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