# Metal Monster

An audiobook by Abraham Merritt, read by LibriVox volunteers (9 h 59 min, English).

The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel. Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. As they go out to investigate, they meet Goodwin's old friends Martin and Ruth Ventnor, brother and sister scientists. The two are besieged by Persians as Darius III led when Alexander of Macedon conquered them more than two thousand years ago. The group is saved by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. She commands the power of lightning and controls strange metal animate Things, living, metallic, geometric forms; an entire city of sentient cubes, globes and tetrahedrons, capable of joining together and forming colossal shapes, and wielding death rays and other armaments of destruction. They are led to a hidden valley occupied by what they name "The Metal Monster", a strange metal city occupied by the metal animate Things Norhala commands This city is governed by what they call the Metal Emperor, assisted by the Keeper of the Cones. Ruth is slowly being converted by Norhala to become like her; her…

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## Chapters

0. Prologue (6:51): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_00_merritt_64kb.mp3
1. Valley Of The Blue Poppies (21:53): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_01_merritt_64kb.mp3
2. The Sigil On The Rocks (9:58): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_02_merritt_64kb.mp3
3. Ruth Ventor (29:14): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_03_merritt_64kb.mp3
4. Metal With A Brain (14:47): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_04_merritt_64kb.mp3
5. The Smiting Thing (20:14): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_05_merritt_64kb.mp3
6. Norhala Of The Lightnings (30:23): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_06_merritt_64kb.mp3
7. The Shapes In the Mist (10:05): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_07_merritt_64kb.mp3
8. The Drums Of Thunder (19:07): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_08_merritt_64kb.mp3
9. The Portal Of Flame (15:31): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_09_merritt_64kb.mp3
10. Witch! Give Back My Sister (19:02): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_10_merritt_64kb.mp3
11. The Metal Emperor (19:10): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_11_merritt_64kb.mp3
12. I Will Give You Peace (11:16): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_12_merritt_64kb.mp3
13. Voice From The Void (8:30): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_13_merritt_64kb.mp3
14. Free! But A Monster! (11:30): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_14_merritt_64kb.mp3
15. The House Of Norhala (22:22): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_15_merritt_64kb.mp3
16. Concious Metal (9:47): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_16_merritt_64kb.mp3
17. Yuruk (11:49): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_17_merritt_64kb.mp3
18. Into The Pit (30:39): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_18_merritt_64kb.mp3
19. The City That Was Alive (22:12): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_19_merritt_64kb.mp3
20. Vampires Of The Sun (32:13): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_20_merritt_64kb.mp3
21. Phantasmagoria Metallioue (21:45): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_21_merritt_64kb.mp3
22. The Ensorcelled Chamber (20:42): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_22_merritt_64kb.mp3
23. The Treachery Of Yuruk (43:00): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_23_merritt_64kb.mp3
24. Ruszark (14:52): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_24_merritt_64kb.mp3
25. Cherkis (14:21): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_25_merritt_64kb.mp3
26. The Vengeance Of Norhala (20:59): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_26_merritt_64kb.mp3
27. The Drums Of Destiny (22:40): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_27_merritt_64kb.mp3
28. The Frenzy Of Ruth (22:39): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_28_merritt_64kb.mp3
29. The Passing Of Norhala (13:45): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_29_merritt_64kb.mp3
30. Burned Out (12:40): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_30_merritt_64kb.mp3
31. Slag (15:31): https://archive.org/download/metal_monster_0902_librivox/metalmonster_31_merritt_64kb.mp3