Inherit the Night

TitleInherit the Night
Year for Search1949
AuthorsChristie, Robert
Date Published1949
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Co
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author
Annotation

A lost village in a valley in an unnamed mountain range (probably the Andes) has become a simple eutopia of peace under the direction of a good priest. Evil enters from the outside in the form of a wealthy criminal and the eutopia is disrupted. The criminal dies while trying to leave.

Full Text

1949 Christie, Robert. Inherit the Night. New York: Farrar, Straus and Co.

A lost village in a valley in an unnamed mountain range (probably the Andes) has become a simple eutopia of peace under the direction of a good priest. Evil enters from the outside in the form of a wealthy criminal, and the eutopia is disrupted. The criminal dies while trying to leave.