# The Coming Race

By Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Baron.

"The Coming Race" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a novel published in 1871. When a traveler descends into a chasm and becomes trapped in a subterranean world, he discovers the Vril-ya—an advanced race with telepathic powers and mastery over a mysterious energy called "Vril." In their utopian society, women are stronger than men and pursue romantic partners aggressively. When two Vril-ya women fall in love with him, the narrator faces a dangerous dilemma that threatens his survival in this strange underground civilization. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Science fiction; Utopias -- Fiction; Utopian fiction; Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction; Underground areas -- Fiction

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- [Coming Race](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2194) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (6 h 56 min, English)

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