Heavily influenced by Doyle's growing belief in Spiritualism after the death of his son, brother, and two nephews in World War I, the book focuses on Edward Malone's at first professional, and later personal interest in Spiritualism. They discover there really is something to a seance, and they try to convince Challenger to get interested in their investigations. Reporter Ned Malone (who was one of the main characters in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World) returns in this novel, in which he and Professor Challenger's daughter Enid are assigned to cover the current spiritualist phenomenon. Professor Summerlee, who has died of old age around this time, is referred to by the mediums (much to the anger of Professor Challenger). Another friend from the 1912 novel The Lost World, Lord John Roxton, is also involved in the novel's second half. The Land of Mist is a novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1926.Īlthough this is a Professor Challenger story, it centres more on his daughter Enid and his old friend Edward Malone.
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