Farewell, Nikola
by Guy Boothby
Bootbys' fifth-five novels are about the famous Dr. Nicola, an occultist antihero seeking immortality and world domination. Nicola may be the world's first modern supervillain: a master of hypnotism and mind control, a telepathic master, and an astral projectionist. It can make ordinary people see the insults in the liquid deposits and predict the future. He is said to know the hour, the moment and the path of his own death. "At first, I came to the conclusion that this must be a bat or some kind of night owl, but this theory exploded. Bats do not stay at the same distance from the ground and do not stand behind a person's chair for any length of time. However, there will come a time when we can see it; Now I'm on the track."
