The Space Vampires, his fi fty fi rst book, was translated into Spanish, Japanese, French, Dutch and Swedish and was later adapted for screen in the movie LIFEFORCE, directed by Tobe Hooper SALEM’S LOT, POLTERGEIST, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. The Outsider 1956, published at the age of 24, earned him worldwide critical acclaim. Unique rendering of the age old enigma of the kiss of death’ Chicago Tribune 1976 COLIN WILSON is the author of more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books. As they took over the willing bodies of their victims and sexual murders spread terror throughout the land, Carlsen worked toward their destruction even while he was erotically drawn to the most beautiful vampire of all! ‘Thoroughly intriguing’ Chicago Sun Times 1976 ‘New slant on horror… The creatures were energy vampires whose seductive embraces were fatal, whose lust for vitality was boundless. Later, after three of the strange aliens had been transported to Earth, his foreboding was more than justifi ed. Armed with the secrets of the white tower, the humans mount an epic struggle for power against the vast and brutal forces of the tyrannical Spider Lord.Ĭirca 2100 A scourge of sex and death from an alien spaceship WHEN CAPTAIN CARLSEN ENTERED THE VAST DERELICT SPACESHIP, he was shaken by the discovery of its immobilized humanoid passengers. But Niall alone can enter, and what he finds inside are the very facts of our planet’s history and humanity’s last chance for freedom and a future. Niall’s special gift makes him useful to the spiders, who want access to their city’s greatest mystery: an impenetrable white tower. But as he finds himself deep within the hostile city of the spiders, Niall also meets allies: Odina, a spider servant born and bred, and Bill, no mere man but an honorary beetle. This powerful act brings Niall to the attention and seat of the Spider Lord. For Niall and his family, life is hard, but together they eke out an existence until the day Niall does what was said to be impossible:He kills a spider.

Slaves all, or servants except for those who live in the desert, spending most of their time underground. But now, in the 25th century, humans serve giant beetles and spiders as slaves and often as food.

Once the Earth was ruled by human, and insects were very small, with even the largest no bigger than a man’s fist.

Mysteries by Colin Wilson