The Furious Masters

The Furious Masters is a science fiction novel by Margot Bennett. Published in 1968, it was Bennett's second work of science fiction and her final novel.

Plot

The calm existence of the small Yorkshire town of Higherfield is shattered when a strange spacecraft crashes nearby. Whilst an avalanche of publicity sweeps in, events take a sinister turn when one of the discoverers of the object becomes insane, and riots and hysteria begin to sweep the country, to the great consternation of the previously unconcerned Prime Minister, who soon finds himself in the thick of the conundrum.

Availability

The novel was published in Dutch in 1970, as Bacillen in infrarood. The novel is no longer in print.

After

The novel made little impact. Although Bennett lived for another twelve years, she published nothing further.