About This Book:

Year Published:
1972

Publisher:
Award Books

Genre:
Horror

Author:
William Goldstein

Screenplay Writer:
Robert Fuest & Robert Blees

Type:
Faithful Movie Novelization

Number of Pages:
187

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Summary:

Half-man, half-monster, Anton Phibes returns for another orgy of bloodletting, this time seeking the Key to Eternal Life. Those who stand in his way must die.

The first victim is removed by a jeweled serpent, which pierces his brain. The second is torn to bits by a ferocious hawk. The third is eaten to the bone by a swarm of scorpions.

Only one man remains – Jonathan Biderback, a mysterious scientist, equally determined to find Eternal Life. But first he must meet Phibes!

In a subterranean cave deep within the Mountains of the Dead, Phibes awaits his last enemy, a grin of triumph twisting his satanic mouth…