Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), The coming race, 1874
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248 p. : dark green cover, "The Knebworth Edition" embossed in gold on front, title and author's name in gold on spine.
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Originally published as 'Vril : the power of the coming race'. The protagonist, a wealthy American, discovers the existence of a highly advanced race, the Vril-ya, who live a Utopian existence beneath the surface of the Earth but intend to use their advanced and unusual powers to conquer and do away with humanity.