The Devil Rides Out

About this book

A friend's unexplained absences lead the Duke de Richleau to a circle of occultists preparing for a dangerous ceremony. What begins as an attempt to rescue someone from a secret society becomes a struggle against its leader and the forces he claims to command.

Dennis Wheatley's thriller moves through country houses, protective rituals and confrontations with the supernatural. Its occult lore is drawn from the fears and fascinations of the 1930s, and the danger often arrives through ordinary social encounters. The pace is swift, with old-fashioned adventure and a sense that one wrong decision could give the enemy an opening.