The Devil’s Henchmen: Set piece

The Devil’s Henchmen by John Oldrey

Ever since the great H. Rider Haggard jump-started the popularity of the so-called lost-world/lost-race novel with his triple punch of King Solomon’s Mines (1885), She (1887) and Allan Quatermain (also 1887), readers have come to expect certain attributes to be present when starting such a book. The most basic prerequisite, naturally, is a previously undiscovered land or people occupying some remote corner of the world. Instrumentalities of superscience, a despotic yet lustful queen,


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