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Can wine really make you live forever? Yes, if the grapes are an ancient varietal - or so the members of the Vintage Club believe. Made up of some of the world's wealthiest industrial magnates, the club conducts secret scientific research to discover what has eluded humans throughout history: The elixir of life. Their quest hits a snag when scientist Walter Trudell is murdered.

During an expedition in the Canary Islands, an archeologist discovers a cave containing tablets with unknown writing. When translated, they tell the tale of decline and fall of Atlantis, which for centuries had been the center of the world. The tablets' author, Deucalion, chronicles the usurpation of Atlantis' throne by force, the oppressive rule of Empress Phorenice, the inevitable rebellion and ultimate destruction of Atlantis, the Lost Continent.

Rinbon, the prince of thieves, is sent to rescue a priestess who possesses a jewel of tremendous power known as the Flame of Gilliad. Charvella has been kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Zuthal Ka and taken to his demon-haunted temple. It's up to Rinbon to save Chavella before Zuthal Ka can seize the jewel and use it for his evil purposes. Elmray, a young sorcerer apprentice, witnesses his mentor's death at the hands of the evil sorcerer Yoza. Twelve years later, Elmray must confront Yoza.

Metropolis is a classic of science-fiction that created an impact on the literary world which reverberates to this day. Its dramatic presentation of the city-world of the next century stirred the minds of readers with an unforgettable vision of a metropolis grown to Gargantuan proportions, of humanity fighting to keep its soul against the monster world of machinery, robots, and complexity that had been spawned in our own century. The book inspired a movie, possibly the best science-fiction film ever made.