God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. An old adversary, now a successful director hires the general to re-enact the revolution which deposed him. Written by W. Louis wlouis@ego.psych.mcgill.ca