War with the Newts

Pearl divers on one of the islands in the Pacific Ocean discover enormous salamanders. It is quickly revealed that the amphibians are capable of speaking different languages, reading, and reasoning. Soon, industrialists and magnates begin to use the trusting and hardworking creatures for construction work all over the world's oceans.The salamander population grows rapidly, and they form their own highly developed society. Gradually, the amphibians begin to tire of brutal exploitation and ask themselves: do they really need humans? Salamanders all over the world join forces and declare a war of extermination on humanity.Written more than eighty years ago, "War with the Salamanders" was intended as a warning against the growing threat of Nazism, but the book has not lost its relevance today.