The Ghost Pirates and Houdini (Illustrated). E-book. Formato EPUB John Camur Becket   -  John Camur Becket, 2020  - 

In the first part of this book we briefly talk about the incredible life of Harry Houdini. It also reports a real event, the clash between the greatest illusionist of all time, Houdini and a semi-unknown former naval petty officer, gym manager, William Hope Hodgson, who would become a great writer in the future. In this fight Houdini, he had come out victorious at a great price, that evening, in his mind the conviction of being unbeatable was broken, even his body was telling him the same thing, with his two peeled and bleeding wrists. To understand this great writer it is necessary to read his works in this book there is the following story: The ghost pirates, which was published in 1909, here The sailor Jessop, narrates his frightening adventure that took place aboard the ship Mortzestus during a voyage at Cape Horn. Shortly after sunset, he saw moving shadows, mysterious creatures coming out of the water and then diving back into the sea. He was convinced that all of this was just the figment of his imagination, but then as time passed he realized that all of this was real, the beginning of something terrible and chilling, gradually gathering around their ship, from the strange deaths and disappearances of some sailors, in the presence of something sinister and evil.  

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. E-book. Formato EPUB John Camur Becket   -  John Camur Becket, 2020  - 

Young Edwin Drood, an orphan who plans to marry Rosa Bud and go to Egypt to work as an engineer in his father's company, disappears under mysterious circumstances. John Jasper wonders where the boy has gone, as well as being the choir director of Cloisterham Cathedral, and Edwin Drood's uncle and tutor, and Rosa Bud's music teacher. He is also secretly in love with Rosa. Did Edwin Drood Voluntarily Disappear? Or was he murdered? A story full of exoticism, suspense, and strange characters, the reader becomes involved in an unsolved mystery. All of this is as if Charles Dickens challenged the reader to find the ending that never came. Many authors have tried to find a suitable ending to the story of Edwin Drood by solving the mystery, even in this book a possible ending to this mystery has been proposed. Of course, the reader can try to find an alternative ending suitable for the Edwin Drood mystery.