The exploitation of the title creatures by the Czech government leads to the world becoming gradually submerged in, for 10 points, what novel by Karl Capek about the discovery of intelligent salamanders?
An actress in this novel proposes starring in a series of films as a goddess among a newly discovered group. This novel begins on the Sumatran coast, where a man is investigating why the Bataks are afraid of Devil Bay. A trade in harpoons for pearls soon springs up, and after the pearls are depleted, Bondy suggests that the title characters hire themselves out as laborers. The title action consists of digging into the shoreline of Europe in order to provide more habitat for some creatures discovered by Captain van Toch. The exploitation of the title creatures by the Czech government leads to the world becoming gradually submerged in, for 10 points, what novel by Karl Capek about the discovery of intelligent salamanders?
An actress in this novel proposes starring in a series of films as a goddess among a newly discovered group.
{War With the Newts} [or {Vàlka s Mloky}]