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The Hour of the Dragon: I, O Sleeper, Awake!; II, A Black Wind Blows; III, The Cliffs Reel; IV, From What Hell Have You Crawled?; V, The Haunter of the Pits Summary
In "I, O Sleeper, Awake!", four men stand around a sarcophagus, or stone coffin, in a dark chamber. The man at the foot of the coffin moves his candle as if he writes a mystic symbol in midair. There is a mummy case. A man lays a jewel on the mummy, asking for the Heart of Ahriman. A man comes out of the sarcophagus. He is Xaltotun, a high priest. He was dead, but the four men bring him back to life. They...
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