{"product_id":"book-bkc0","title":"Powers of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e. Called \u003ci\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/i\u003e (literally, \"Powers of Darkness\"), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. \u003ci\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of \u003ci\u003eMakt Myrkranna,\u003c\/i\u003e only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn't merely translated \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e. Incredibly, \u003ci\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/i\u003e has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first ever translation into English of Stoker and Ásmundsson's \u003ci\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/i\u003e. With a foreword by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and bestselling author, and an afterword by \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e scholar John Edgar Browning, \u003ci\u003ePowers of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e will amaze and entertain legions of fans of Gothic literature, horror, and vampire fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49294006649136,"sku":"BDbkc0","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49294006681904,"sku":"ZEbkc0","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49294006747440,"sku":"ZMbkc0","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bkc0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775784326","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bkc0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}