Nikola Tesla. The most mysterious scientist in the history of science. A clairvoyant ahead of his time. A brilliant inventor, without whose work modern electric power industry would simply be impossible. The Lord of Lightning, who juggled luminous clots of energy in the air - ball lightning. About the mystery of genius - the acclaimed novel “Nikola Tesla. Portrait among the masks" of the modern Serbian writer Vladimir Pishtalo. Vladimir Pishtalo (b. 1960) is a popular Serbian writer, author of many novels and stories, including "Alexandrida" - a fabulously poetic biography of Alexander the Great. He currently teaches world and US history at the University of Worcester, Massachusetts.