The Ship of Ishtar

About this eBook

Author

Merritt, Abraham, 1884-1943

Original Publication

Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Co., 1924.

Credits

Tom Trussel, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Babylonia -- Antiquities -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79925

Release Date

November 5, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE SHIP OF ISHTAR
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.THE BLOCK FROM BABYLON
9. 9.THE FREEING OF THE SHIP
10. 10.THE FIRST ADVENTURE
11. 11.THE SHIP RETURNS
12. 12.THE SIN OF ZARPANIT
13. 13.WHEN THE GODS JUDGED
14. 14.THE FLAMES WIN FREE
15. 15.“AM I NOT—WOMAN?”
16. 16.SLAVE OF THE SHIP
17. 17.UNDER THE LASH OF ZACHEL
18. 18.THE HORN OF SLEEP
19. 19.THE MOCKERY OF SHARANE
20. 20.GIGI MAKES A VOW
21. 21.THE CHAINS ARE LOOSED
22. 22.THE SNARING OF SHARANE
23. 23.MASTER OF THE SHIP!
24. 24.MASTER OF—SHARANE!
25. 25.THE BLACK PRIEST STRIKES
26. 26.DOWN THE ROPE OF SOUND
27. 27.HOW THE SHIP WAS MANNED
28. 28.THE ISLE OF SORCERERS
29. 29.THE BRACELET BETRAYS
30. 30.THE DESPAIR OF KENTON
31. 31.THE KING OF THE TWO DEATHS
32. 32.THE BLUE PRIEST
33. 33.BEFORE THE ALTAR OF BEL
34. 34.“ISHTAR! SHOW THY FACE!”
35. 35.GUILE OF THE BLACK PRIEST
36. 36.THE GODS—AND MAN’S DESIRE
37. 37.THE WAKING OF SHARANE
38. 38.TO THE OPEN SEA
39. 39.“LET THE STRIFE END!”
40. 40.THE SHIP IS FREED
41. 41.THE SHIP’S LAST BATTLE
42. 42.THE BROKEN TOY!
43. 43.Untitled
44. 44.Untitled
45. 45.Transcriber’s note:

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