Slaves of Sleep (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: L. Ron Hubbard
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Seattle, Washington, and the magic realm of Tarbuton
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Other worlds, 1930’s, West, U.S., Pacific Northwest, Genies or jinns, Sleep, Insomnia, Washington
- Locales: Seattle, WA, Mythical lands
The Plot
Jan Palmer, reluctant heir of the Bering Steamship Company, witnesses the murder of Professor Frobish by Zongri, a sword- wielding jinn whom the professor of Islamic culture unwittingly liberates from an ancient copper jar bearing the Seal of Sulayman. Zongri spares Jan’s life but curses him with “eternal wake-fulness” before leaving to return to the land of the jinn. Jan is unable to convince his family or the authorities that he did not murder Frobish himself and is thrown into prison.
During his first night in prison, Jan awakes to find himself trapped...
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