A novel about possessing hidden knowledge that grants power over a mysterious Substance—the very foundation of life. The Substance is the sea on the other side of the world, and in it lies the island of Ephemeris, which twice in a person’s life appears in their dreams. “The Revelation of the Mystery” is one of the master’s best novels. It is precisely in it that he reveals himself as a true alchemist of words, combining things that seem incompatible—mysticism and fantasy, a high poetic structure and the base reality of everyday life.
Memory, foresight, and imagination—past, future, and a moment of dream between them—make up one single world that lives one endless day. To know this is Wisdom. To use it is Art…