By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are seventeen hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are nine hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are nine hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are seventeen hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
When thirteen-year-old Maggie Magrew asks for help in saving the Circle M from greedy rancher King Granby, Pinkertons send Savage to deal with the situation. He finds himself up against a sheriff owned by Granby, his two vicious sons and Texas Lee, who wants to cut another notch on his gun butt. Then Savage also has to contend with Bea Fletcher...Despite some help from those outside the law, it falls on Savage alone to save the Circle M. Now he must survive a bloody showdown with the Granbys.
When Savage was assigned to uncover evidence against Max Chaney and bring him to trial, he had no idea of the danger he was riding into. Chaney, a Californian politician, was suspected of killing a U.S marshal, and he had Gruber's gang on hand to wipe out any opposition in the run-up to his election as state governor. Surviving an attempt on his life, Savage is left in a coma. Cared for by Dr Perry and a nurse called Tulip, he recovers to find himself hunted by Gruber's gang and the police. Savage's only chance is to bide his time until he can set and spring the trap that will end Chaney's reign of terror.
Railroad baron Lew Preston fears his daughter Barbara might be kidnapped on her journey to marry his associate Jerry Crowther. So Savage, Pinkerton's toughest agent, is hired to escort her by rail from Chicago to California. The demure red-headed Barbara is soon revealed as a hellion. "Red" shows she can rough it when the train is wrecked, and she and Savage join a wagon travelling west. Then, a gang of crooks grab Red, and Savage risks his life in rescuing her. He realizes that Red is a reluctant bride, but doggedly continues west with the girl in tow. But on reaching Crowther in San Francisco, they are caught up in a maelstrom of treachery and torture. Has Savage completed his assignment only to find death?
Bill Raymond, private detective, gets one of the toughest assignments of his career when he sets foot in Lynx Falls. Dorothy Peters, lovely daughter of the man who has brought gang law to Lynx Falls, commissions Raymond to clean up the town. He has orders to stir up trouble, to set one gangster against another until they liquidate each other.
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