The Moon Pool

The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by American writer Abraham Merritt. It originally appeared as two short stories in All-Story Weekly: 'The Moon Pool' (1918) and its sequel, 'Conquest of the Moon Pool' (1919). These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919. The protagonist, Dr. Goodwin, would later appear in Merritt's second novel The Metal Monster (1920). (Wikipedia)