Front matter

Then, as the searchlights swayed and shifted till they swept the depths directly beneath, we began to make out familiar objects amid the obscurity.... For a moment I observed nothing alarming. Then, as my gaze became focused upon a gray dome just below, I too cried out in dread realization.... Here and there a lantern-bearing object, with flapping finny body, went wavering through the windows and above the temple roofs!