Excerpt from The Blond Beast The lavas of the great volcano had seethed up close under the thin crust of appearances, but the rumble of the approaching cataclysm was too low and deep-pitched for most ears to hear. The mass of humanity had risen to the level of live and let live. They believed in peace on earth; good will among men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.