The Devil Rides Out (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Dennis Wheatley
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: London, England, and environs; Paris, France; and the Astral Plane
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, France or French people, Paris, 1930’s, England or English people, London, Devils or demons, Talisman or magical object, Apocalypse
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Spiritual realms
The Plot
The Devil Rides Out features “The Four Musketeers”—Duke de Richleau, Rex Van Ryn, Richard Eaton, and Simon Aron—series characters who appear in Dennis Wheatley’s political thrillers as well as his black magic novels. Alarmed by the fact that their friend Simon Aron has fallen under the influence of a black magician, Damien Mocata, occult expert Duke de Richleau and his friend Rex Van Ryn set out to help him. They learn that Aron is the key element in the magician’s conspiracy to activate the powers of the Talisman of Set, thereby giving Mocata...
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