Metropolis
Thea von Harbou
(Black Cat Press, April 22, 2006)
Based on her screenplay for the classic science fiction epic, "Metropolis", Thea von Harbou's novel takes us to an incredible 21st-century city---a city run by a despot who keeps its workers buried in vast, underground factories. When a saint-like agitator arises in the form of a beautiful woman named Maria, he is inclined to dismiss her...until his son falls in love with the woman. His answer? To have an insane scientist create a robot in her image, a robot that will lead the workers in a self-destructive riot...