Denis Wheatley (1897–1977) is a popular English writer, a leading figure in world science fiction, the author of more than 60 books, published with a total circulation of over 40 million copies and translated into more than 30 languages. In the novel “Against the Darkness” (1935), In one of the most famous works of the writer, the four new musketeers wage an irreconcilable fight against the forces of evil hiding in the luxurious mansions of London, Parisian slums, and abandoned Greek monasteries.