Captains of Souls by Edgar Wallace Popular Edition John Long Ltd c.1923. No loose or damaged pages and contents free of any foxing. A bright and clean copy. Pictorial paper covers are near fine and showing very little signs of wear.

In the foggy undercurrents of post-WWI London, enigmatic Ambrose Sault—a mixed-race escapee from a penal colony—emerges as a magnetic force of destiny and dread. Doomed to hang for the enigmatic slaying of the shadowy Moropulos, Sault unveils a quasi-scientific secret: transferring his indomitable soul into another man's body, evading death and weaving his will into the lives of the desperate elite. As scheming aristocrats chase colonial fortunes and romantic entanglements fray, Sault's commanding presence upends fates, blending comedy of manners with melodrama. Wallace's quirky thriller, echoing "Invictus," probes the unconquerable human spirit amid moral ambiguity and societal decay.