“Iron Dust,” an eight-part serial, was Frederick Faust’s fourth contribution to Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine. It appeared under his George Owen Baxter byline, beginning in the issue for January 15, 1921, and is in book form as...
"The Last Encounter" is a short story by C. S. Forester, the final chapter in the life of his fictional naval hero, Horatio Hornblower. It was published together with the unfinished novel Hornblower and the Crisis and another short story,...
In this prequel to THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE, and a homage to the classic Richard Connell story, 'The Most Dangerous Game', gifted psychic and assassin Nina Osseni finds herself the objective of a very special hunt. Set in the exotic city of Agra, India...
A romance of the times of St. Bernard and of Queen Eleanor, both of whom figure in the story, the hero's fortune being interwoven with those of the gay young queen. The book brings out the enormous contrasts of the Middle Ages, the splendor of...
THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.Written by...
The year is 1793, the darkest days of the French revolution, and little Charles-Léon is ill. The delicate son of Louise and Bastien de Croissy is recommended country air, but travel permits are needed and impossible to come by. Louise's...
Faced with the possibility of hanging for his crimes, outlaw Pete Reeve appeals to comrade and retired gunman Bull Hunter for help, unaware that Hunter risks losing the woman he loves if he assists his...
It’s late 1915 and the industrial nations still have not geared up for war. Shortages of munitions leave soldiers hanging on barbed wire in the fields. The war in France is at a stalemate, both sides finding it impossible to advance, and spending...