Coming of the Monster

FATHER ANSELM THORNTON, the Masterful Monk, reappears, to enter the lives of Captain Louis Vivien, of the French Intelligence Service, and Verna Wray, the girl of the tale.The theme is the growing revolt against God and the moral law which is now spreading openly or in subtle forms throughout the world.An unusual love story is interwoven, the setting of which lies mainly in England, with incidental work in Leningrad, Paris, Lourdes and Hollywood.

The tale works up to a love-climax, and to a startling ending, consequent upon the detective work of Captain Louis Vivien and certain acts of the Masterful Monk.It will be noticed that the author has adopted a cinema technique-interspersing "interims" with "shots" superimposed in quick succession.

The method is effective for showing the monster of revolt in the background, behind the happenings of the tale.