Seven Footprints to Satan
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Abraham Merritt’s Seven Footprints to Satan, published in 1928, is part horror, part adventure and part crime novel. A bit like a combination of Fu Manchu and Indiana Jones. But a much much less racist version of Fu Manchu. It involves an intrepid explorer who finds himself ensnared by a diabolical criminal mastermind who calls himself Satan. The seven footprints of the title are a wonderful idea – they’re the footsteps of the infant Buddha, some of which were turned to evil, and they form the centrepiece of a cruel but ingenious game by which Satan’s victims can escape his clutches, or become his servants forever. There’s more to the idea than my brief summary would indicate, and I think it’s a delightfully clever idea. The book combines suspense and romance, and packs an enormous amount of fun into a mere 224 pages. This I the third book of Merritt’s that I’ve read, and they’re all sparkling entertainment.
dfordoom)Abraham Merritt’s Seven Footprints to Satan, published in 1928, is part horror, part adventure and part crime novel. A bit like a combination of Fu Manchu and Indiana Jones. But a much much less racist version of Fu Manchu. It involves an intrepid explorer who finds himself ensnared by a diabolical criminal mastermind who calls himself Satan. The seven footprints of the title are a wonderful idea – they’re the footsteps of the infant Buddha, some of which were turned to evil, and they form the centrepiece of a cruel but ingenious game by which Satan’s victims can escape his clutches, or become his servants forever. There’s more to the idea than my brief summary would indicate, and I think it’s a delightfully clever idea. The book combines suspense and romance, and packs an enormous amount of fun into a mere 224 pages. This I the third book of Merritt’s that I’ve read, and they’re all sparkling entertainment.
