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Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of DraculaBy Bram Stoker, Valdimar ÁsmundssonNarrated by Adam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R. C. Bray, various narrators, othersLength7h 26m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (2.5K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length7 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byAdam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R. C. Bray, various narrators, others
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 24, 2018
LanguageEnglish
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