Homunculus

In the darkest recesses of a London alleyway, the mad hunchback Narbondo and his misanthropic assistant Pule bring the dead back to life . . .

In the cozy warmth of a tobacconist's parlor, the sidewalk philosophers of the Trismegistus Club quake with terror as they listen to the demented memoirs of their most trusted colleague . . .

In the dank and musty ruins of a hilltop cemetery, the only sound that disturbs the night is the scraping of a shovel against the rotting wood of a long-forgotten coffin . . .

And through the starry skies and foggy dales, a dirigible flies on a decades-long journey, steered by a skeleton and powered by the will of a tiny man — a homunculus — with the ability to drive men mad . . .