The Riddle of the Tower - J.D. Beresford and Esme Wynne-Tyson

The Riddle of the Tower by J.D. Beresford & Esmé Wynne-Tyson / ISBN 9781739353216 / 223-page paperback published by Solar Press in the UK *** Frustrated with the war and desperate to understand why conflict seems to be a part of human nature, Mr. Begbie, "a publisher of Leftish books", receives a mysterious manuscript detailing a radical new theory of mankind—a brave new philosophy which shatters his paradigm and sends him off on an adventure across time and space. With the aid of the manuscript and an ancient force that dwells beyond the stars, Begbie lives through the collapse of Atlantis, observes the development of modernity, and watches as the human race gradually succumbs to mechanisation and the desire for safety, eradicating all personality, all difference, rendering themselves little more than intelligent insects. First published in 1944, The Riddle of the Tower caused a minor sensation upon release—a scathing reaction to the optimistic social science-fiction of H.G. Wells