Edgar Wallace

The Book of All-Power Edgar Wallace

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film King Kong, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. The Book of All-Power is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallace's unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. The story is set in Russia and England around the time of WW1. Several people are pursuing a book supposed to contain the secret of controlling others. Wallace provides many twists and turns in his usual style. There is a twist ending that gives a new meaning to the book in question. If you like Wallace you will like this.