Denis Wheatley

THE DEVIL RIDES OUT
Do you know that Black Magic and the hideous soul-destroy- mg cult of Satanism are still secretly practised, not only in Africa, but in all the great cities of the World today?
enthralling romance of a beautiful woman snared by the Satanists through her clairvoyant powers, and ol a young man brought to the verge of madness by endeavouing to secure occult aid in his financial operations.
see the Satanists at work in modern London. A Sabbat in the West Country on Walburga's Eve. The luxurious Temple of the Beast' hidden in the slums of Paris, and the Devil s Mass performed in a ruined Christian monastery.
Against this terrific background of the occult, where ancient rituals are employed for the furtherance of lust and gam, three men, a woman and a child fight a terrible weainless battle; invoking the Powers of Light to drive back the Powers of Darkness and save their friends, who have become involved, from final ruin.
Those Modern Musketeers, the Duke de Richleau, Rex Van Ryn, Simon Aron and Richard Eaton, who made their first appearance in The Forbidden publication nearly thirty years ago The Devil Rides Out has become a classic that ranks beside Dr la,
NOVELS
- The Quest of Julian Day
- The Sword of Fate
- Bill for the Use of a Body
- The Launching of Roger Brook
- The Shadow of Tyburn Tree
- The Rising Storm
- The Man Who Killed the King
- The Dark Secret ofjosephine
- The Rape of Venice
- The Sultan's Daughter
- The Wanton Princess
- The Scarlet Impostor
- Faked Passports
- The Black Baroness
- V for Vengeance
- Come Into My Parlour
- Traitors' Gate
- "^hey Used Dark Forces
- The Prisoner in the Mask
- Vendetta in Spain
- The Second Seal
- Three Inquisitive People
- The Forbidden Territory
- The Devil Rides Out
- The Golden Spaniard
- Strange Conflict
- Codeword - Golden Fleece
- Black August
- Contraband
- The Island Where Time Stands Still
- To the Devil - a Daughter
- The Satanist
- The Eunuch of Stamboul
- The Secret War
- The Fabulous Valley
- Sixty Days to Live
- Such Power is Dangerous
- Uncharted Seas
- The Man Who Missed the War
- The Haunting of Toby Jugg
- Star of Ill-Omen
- They Found Atlantis
- The Ka of Gifford Hillary*
- Curtain of Fear
- Mayhem in Greece
- Dangerous Inheritance
SHORT STORIES
- Mediterranean Nights
- Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts
HISTORICAL
A Private Life of Charles II (Illustrated by Frank C. Papi) Red Eagle ( The Story of the Russian Revolution)
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Stranger Than Fiction ( War Papers for the Joint Planning Staff) Saturdays with Bricks
First published 1935 Reprinted nine times The Lymington Edition 1363 Reprinted 1966
This book has been set in Baskeroille, printed in Great Britain on Antique Wove paper by Anchor Press, and bound by Wm. Brendon, both of Tiptree, Essex
To my old friend
MERVYN BARON
of whom in these days, I see far too little but whose companionship, both in good times and in tad, has been to me a neverfailing joy.
D.W. AUTHOR'S NOTE
I desire to state that I, personally, have never assisted at, or participated in, any ceremony connected with Magic - Black or White.
The literature of occultism is so immense that any conscientious writer can obtain from it abundant material for the background of a romance such as this.
In the present case I have spared no pains to secure accuracy ol detail Irom existing accounts when describing magical rites or formulas for protection against evil, and these have been verified in conversation with cerUin persons, sought out for that purpose who are actual practitioners of the Art. ^ ^
, All the characters and situations in this book are entirely magmary but, m the inquiry necessary to the writing of it I found ample evidence that Black Magic is still practised in London and other cities, at the present day.
readers incline to a serious study of the f right to urge them, most strongly
Dennis Wheatley
CONTENTS
- The Incomplete Reunion
- The Curious Guests of Mr. Simon Aron
- The Esoteric Doctrine
- The Silent House
- Embodied Evil
- The Secret Art
- He Richleau Plans a Campaign
- Rex Van Ryn Opens the Attack
- The Countess D'Urft Talks of Many Curious Things
- Tanith Proves Stubborn
- The Truth will Always Out
- The Grim Prophecy
- The Defeat of Van Ryn
- The Duke De Richleau Takes the Field
- The Road to the Sabbat
- The Sabbat
- Evil T riumphant
- The Power of Light
- The Ancient Sanctuary
- The Four Horsemen
- Cardinals Folly
- The Satanist
- The Pride of Peacocks
- The Scepticism of Richard Eaton
- The Talisman of Set
- Rex Learns of the Undead
- Within the Pcntaclc
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