The Lust of Hate

"The Lust of Hate" is the third book of five novels on Doctor Nicola by the Australian writer and a friend of Rudyard Kipling Guy Boothby. The protagonist of the series is an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. In this novel, Dr. Nicola persuades a poor Australian gold-digger named Gilbert Pennethorne to take revenge against a former boss who stole information about the location of a goldfield that could have made Pennethorne wealthy. Yet, there's a hidden part of Dr. Nicola's plot, which Pennethorne is still yet to discover.