A simple book acts as a sinister portal to endless horrors. A grief-stricken man reminisces about everything he's lost. A knight is forced to fight to the death in a cruel test of fate. Lives are ruined, sanity destroyed-and nothing is what it truly seems. Exploring the farthest reaches of human darkness, The Doors of the Dauphine's Palace addresses terror, madness, desperation, and loss with a collection of short stories reminiscent of the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. In a series of tales ranging from dramatic fiction to fantasy to Lovecraftian horror, barriers are broken and lives destroyed by the increasingly evil powers of a mysterious tome. This faceless terror also acts as the thematic thread connecting several of these memorable stories together. Meanwhile, a prison escape, a failed marriage, and a plane crash set the stage for several of author Ed Kaczynski's other tales, each one reflecting the hellish realities that may lurk within the confines of everyday life-or beyond one's wildest imagination. A compelling collection of stories for fantasy, horror, and short fiction enthusiasts, The Doors of the Dauphine's Palace is a chilling, compulsively readable book and Kaczynski's debut publication.