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The Finding of Lot’s Wife

Matt — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:39:32 +0000

The mountains near the Dead Sea hide a forgotten people… Quite possibly the best lost race story ever published. Out of print since 1896, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

Wings of Danger

Matt — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:43:03 +0000

Join the expedition as a lost colony of Vikings is discovered in East Africa; “Wings of Danger” is one of the best Lost Race stories from the pulps. Originally published as “The Adventurers” in Adventure in 1915, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

Yellow Men Sleep

Matt — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:39:02 +0000

Join explorer Con Levington as he searches for a lost civilization in the Gobi desert. Originally published as “The Fragrant Web” in All-Story Weekly in 1919. A lost classic of the Lost Race genre. Another book in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

Under the Andes

Matt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:28:49 +0000

Before Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote this lost race story for Argosy in 1914. An engaging thriller, this is one of the all-time best lost race stories from the pages of the pulps. It’s another deluxe edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

A Man Named Jones

Matt — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:24 +0000

Written by pulp veteran Charles B. Stilson as a follow-up to his successful “Polaris of the Snows” trilogy, available for the first time in one volume. Part of the Altus Press Lost Race Library.
In “A Man Named Jones,” a very drunk Jones awakening to find a dead man under his table holding a large, raw emerald and the photograph of a lovely white women surrounded by Polynesians fiercely protecting her South Seas island from visitors. He vows to rescue the woman from her island prison, not knowing that the crew he’s sailing with are as vicious a band of pirates imaginable.
“Land of the Shadow People” picks up the story some years later when Jones is blackmailed into once again searching for the source of the mysterious emerald. What he finds is a strange race of chameleon people desperate to preserve the secret of their existence. Written in a crisp, modern style these two novels will provide hours of enjoyment.