The Death of Fantomas 2: The End of Fantomas

by Pierre Souvestre, Marcel Allain, Jean-Marc Lofficier (Introduction)

From the deadly streets of St. Petersburg to the Palaces of India, from the back alleys of Paris to the deck of the Titanic, this prodigious two-volume saga tells the story of the death of Fantômas, and of his arch-nemesis, Detective Juve. Defying the Tsar’s secret police, Russian anarchists, Thuggee from India and Parisian Apaches, Juve, ably assisted by the intrepid journalist Jerôme Fandor, his beloved fiancée, Hélène, the alleged daughter of Fantômas, crisscross the world to finally meet their fate aboard a doomed ship in the North Atlantic. The Death of Fantômas collects the final two volumes of the saga of the Lord of Terror, of which The End of Fantômas is the second, initially released in 1913 and never translated before. The book also includes a timeline and a bibliography by Jean-Marc Lofficier.

649 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1913

About the author

Pierre Souvestre was a disinguished journalist and novelist when he and his secretary / writing partner, Marcel Allain, created Fantômas in 1910, being contracted by publisher Fayard to write a novel a month for two years. Souvestre died in 1914, from pneumonia.

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of the several Fantômas novels I've read, this one from 1913 is wild because it features both Tsar Nicholas of Russia (several years before his death) and a barely-disguised Titanic, one year *after* it sank.

[Kyle Pennekamp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Allain and Souvestre go out with their A+ game. To say why would ruin so many sick, twisted surprises and set pieces.