Gertrude Barrows Bennett, writing under the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering female voice in early American fantasy and science fiction. Celebrated as a progenitor of dark fantasy, her work delves into the uncanny and the supernatural with a distinctively compelling style. Bennett explored themes of lost worlds and early dystopian visions, significantly shaping the trajectory of the genre.
Two adventurers, prospecting for gold in the jungles of Mexico, stumble across a lost Aztec city and cause an ancient evil to be unleashed. An early science fiction masterpiece written by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, writing as Francis Stevens.