Show r. r pealing g- g Biography I of German War W ar Lo Lord ord rd C Creates e j tesSe Sensation n in Europe Europ OP IWA W 1 i fc I l Wondrous Cavern Aztec Stronghold in P Fanciful Story The liThe Light in the Sky Has All All- Mo Modern rn Trappings j jEven Even Theme Song I By Dy HELEN ORR If f Cortez llad had lived JIved to see the events which transpired In this new novel The Light in the fik Sky by l-Ier l Herbert ert Clo Cloak k and Eric Boetzel theold the thc theold old warrior would doubtless have rubbed his eyes vigorously and Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately consulted iL a brain special 1st But then Cortez Cones of ot course has been dead f for r four centuries This did cUd not se seem m to be the case however however however how how- ever with many nany of ot his more or or less fortunate contemporaries and former formen former for for- mer men enemies the Aztecs who J if w ware weare we weare are are to bell believe belleve ve this talc had managed managed managed man man- aged to survive during all this time that we had believed them enjoying themselves in their happy hunting ground Montezuma to be sure had been bees killed during one orie of oC the encounters back in the sixteenth century buthis but buthis buthis his daughter the Princess and nd his brother TIzoc Thoc along with many others were not only alive but were yet el retaining their youth In the midst of all possible luxury that both this age and the ages past have th they y were wele living In Inan in inan I an Immense cavern where when Cort 3 had invaded their country countr they had sought shelter BETTERS INVENTIONS Shut away from the rest of the world Tizoc had managed not only to keep p pace ce with all of or the inventions invert invert- LIons of or which the world orld in general knew but he lie had also far surpassed nil all of or these Jle Ie had discovered the th man many uses uses uses- to which light and color could be put In a a. certain color he had found the secre of ot perpetual youth and hence his people were able to s survive Telepathy and television were taken as a a. matter of ot course in AUlan the city of ot the cavern The inhabitants here hero had long been ac accustomed to such wonders won won- ders One Is vaguely reminded while reading this book o of the Mars stories stories' of or Edgar Rice Burroughs The John Carter In this case however however however how how- ever is a young World war soldier who ho while wandering about Paris following the armistice was dr drugged and taken to this land He tells tens us us' us tho the stor story ENTERS WEIRD LIFE When he ho awakened he found that he e was in a a. place of or barbaric and bizarre splendor weirdly splendor weirdly unreal where the people had a grotesque mingling of ot Culture culture and savagery For what purpose he was brought t there ho he doesn't find out till nearly the end of ot the story but while there he le learns the lull full history ot of the cavern Thrown constantly in the presence of ot he falls faUs In Inloe in Iri inlove Indian princess prin love lo with her and the cess learns too late that the man she had lured there thero for tOl a n human sacrifice had won won her heart The soldier discovers that the Aztecs have at hana hand the means of ot entirely subjugating the the world outside outside- weapons that would m make ke our terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter v. v war nr machines look childlike and pun puny He Ho discovers also that In the minds of inan many revenge Isono is isone one ono of or their most cherished hopes To those who ho lack the tho imagination tion to foresee what may a yet el be bo ac accomplished accomplished ac- ac through science and Invention In in- in this book opens up a whole I world of ot po possibilities Tizoc's Inventions Inventions in inventions In- In seem to center centor around the use use of ot the the energy stored in light and color He explains t to some flome ex extent cx- cx tent the principles involved ed In In his In Inventions but it cannot be said Bald that he makes makes' himself totally com com- This then is the st story ry the young soldier tells us Unfortunately the means mearis of checking it were were- destroyed de de- de str It seemed to be merely a a. fantastic dream dream but but who knows but some of ot the wonders onders of ot which h he speaks may be brought about even in our lifetime ne Coward Coward- McCann Iri Inc New Now York Yonie I |