an international criminal empire called the Red Hand. Cornelius is a brilliant cosmetic surgeon nicknamed the "Sculptor of Human Flesh" for his ability to alter people's likenesses. The Red Hand's growing, global, evil influence eventually causes the creation of an alliance of heroes, led by Dr. Prosper Bondonnat, billionaire William Dorgan and Lord Burydan, who band together to fight and, ultimately, defeat them. During World War I, Le Rouge became a war correspondent for various magazines, eventually settling into a long-term position with Le Petit Parisien. He continued to produce books of various sorts, including some pioneering exercises in spy fiction and some detective fiction throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, but none of his later works made any considerable impact. Translated Works The Dominion of the World (4 volumes, 2012) translated by Brian Stableford (La Conspiration des Milliardaires (1899-1900) by Gustave Le Rouge & Gustave Guitton) , 978-1-61227-096-8, 978-1-61227-097-5 and 978-1-61227-098-2 The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius (3 volumes, 2014) translated by Brian Stableford (1912-1913) , 978-1-61227-244-3 and 978-1-61227-245-0 The Vampires of Mars (2008) translated by Brian Stableford (Le Prisonnier de la Planète Mars and La Guerre des Vampires by Gustave Le Rouge (1908)) Further reading Arthur B. Evans, "Gustave Le Rouge, Pioneer of French Science Fiction." Science Fiction Studies 29. (March 2002): 1-14. External links Vampires of Mars saga Doctor Cornelius at Cool French Comics Bio at Cool French Comics 1867 births 1938 deaths People from Manche 19th-century French novelists 20th-century French novelists French crime fiction writers French science fiction writers Writers from Normandy French male novelists 19th-century French male writers 20th-century French male writers