Vril: The Power of the Coming Race

Written by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Narrated by Glen Reed

‘Vrill, The power of the Coming Race’ (1870) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton is an early science fiction novel. The setting is a strange subterranean world inhabited by beautiful entities that resemble the angels described in scripture. The advanced beings known as Vril-ya live underground – using the mysterious ‘Vril’ as an energy source – but intend to reclaim the surface of the earth as their own. The narrator end deep inside the Earth via a natural chasm in a mine shaft. He is rescued by the Vril-ya, an advanced race that use telepathic powers, fly with artificial wings, are served by automata and possess formidable weapons. After a long stay, things go wrong and the protagonist escapes back to the surface with the help of Zee, one of the Vril-ya.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Oct 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982786120

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, engl. Romanschriftsteller und Politiker, ist bekannt geworden durch seine populären historischen/metaphysischen und unvergleichlichen Romane wie „Zanoni“, „Rienzi“, „Die letzten Tage von Pompeji“ und „Das kommende Geschlecht“. Ihm wird die Mitgliedschaft in der sagenumwobenen Gemeinschaft der Rosenkreuzer nachgesagt. 1852 wurde er zum Kolonialminister von Großbritannien ernannt.

Reviews for Vril

[Wade · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Was quite entertaining. And somewhat foreboding it is actually true.

[Jennifer Atwood · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Believe what you want but this book speaks truth!!!! Loved it❤