The Coming Race

Beneath the surface of the earth lies a civilization more advanced-and more dangerous-than humanity has ever imagined.

In The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer Lytton, an unnamed traveller accidentally discovers a vast subterranean world inhabited by the Vril-ya, a highly developed race possessing extraordinary intellectual, technological, and spiritual power.

Separated from the conflicts and limitations of surface civilization, the Vril-ya have mastered a mysterious force known as "Vril," an ener...