Down on his luck and down to his last few shillings, John Crayton
finds himself marooned in Yokohama at the Four Winds Hotel. A
financial disaster has nearly wiped out his bank account back home
in England and he needs a job quickly in order to pay his hotel
bill or risk jail in Japan. He and a similarly unemployed friend
have a fortuitous encounter with the shady and morose Abel
Starkenden in a local bar that changes their luck. The Starkenden
Quest has overtones of Haggard, Bedford-Jones and all the Indiana
Jones movies. Starkenden and his two explorers-for-hire encounter a
run-in with Chinese pirates, crossing a raging river of white
rapids in a most unusual fashion, and travelling through an ancient
cavern equipped with a lantern made from a human skull. Collins is
well worth investigating for readers who like intelligent rousing
adventures. First published in 1925 by Gerald Duckworth and Co. The
Starkenden Quest was popular enough in its day to merit an abridged
version in the pulp magazine Famous Fantastic Mysteries in the
October 1949 issue. The Raven's Head Press edition contains a
foreword by genre fiction critic J.F. Norris who gives us a
fascinating insight into the man behind the novel, Gilbert Collins.
A ROUSING ADVENTURE NOVEL IN THE LOST RACE GENRE WITH DWARFISH
APE-LIKE CREATURES, A HIDDEN TREASURE TROVE OF GEMS, A MUMMY, A
WHITE GODDESS, A LOVE INTEREST AND HEROIC CHARACTERS FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES. THIS IS PULP...
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2013 |
| First published: |
September 2013 |
| Illustrators: |
Virgil Finlay
|
| Authors: |
Gilbert Collins
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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| Pages: |
220 |
| Edition: |
Abridged edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4903-0327-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4903-0327-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781490303277 |
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