Notes: First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin 1963 First Unwin Paperbacks edition, in its Unicorn fiction/fantasy series Unicorn logo on front and back cover, Unwin logo on spine. Cover art credited on rear cover. Translated from the German of the first part of Die Kinder der Finsternis (on copyright page) Translated by Barrows Mussey. The novel starts on page 9 (first numbered page). Contents page has unnumbered pages preceding page 9, starting with an uncredited map of Kelguria on pages vi to vii and tables with family relationship being viii to ix. It is not clear whether these were already present in the original German edition or new for the 1963 translation.