The Moon Pool

Returning to New York following a botanical expedition to the South Seas, Dr. Walter T. Goodwin encounters an old friend, Dr. David Throckmartin, who relates a strange story of an exotic island, a strange stone door, and a hypnotic, mysterious light, but when he investigates the tale, he discovers more than he had bargained for, in a science fiction novel, first published in 1918. Reprint.