It was a time of hysteria, superstition and witch trials. In Salem, Mass. in 1692 the Puritans' fear of the Devil's doings hit a fever pitch. And unscrupulous men seeking power and wealth exploited the fear and ignorance of the town's inhabitants to enrich themselves at mortal cost to others. Thrust into this trap are the orphans Abner and Mercy Putnam, wards of the conniving witch hunter Isaac Hardcraft, who conspired to steal their inheritance and marry the beautiful Mercy. After she and her beloved Paul Sheldon are accused of witchcraft they are arrested and face the gallows. A desperate...

Welcome to the Middle East Famous British archeologist Simon Birch has disappeared, taking with him the fabled Tablet of Destines, stolen from young inventor Frank Rude, Jr. With his companions Charlie Bull, Inanna Rude, Denver Doll and orphans PS and Kurt aboard his airship Thunderbird, Frank races through Egypt and the Arabian peninsula to fabled Eridu, the navel of the world. Will he be able to stop Birch from unleashing the tablet's deadly secrets? And will British super spy Jean Ember Myth help them retrieve the tablet, or keep it for herself?

"Have you killed him? "Well, I hope so." Such was another day at the office for outlaws Frank and Jesse James, whether escaping a bar full of hostile villains, robbing a train or conning their nemesis the great detective Allen Pinkerton. When the Chicago lawman unwittingly hires the pair the boys from Missouri become official detectives as part of their mad scheme to lure Pinkerton west and roast him alive

After a sting of deaths following demonstrations of a miraculous chess-playing automaton, America's greatest detective Harry Dickson is on the case After his countess friend is murdered he discovers a fiendish plot perpetrated by Russian revolutionary nihilists. Now Dickson must fight for his own life as he attempts to end the killers' reign of terror. Translated from French for the first time. Includes an informative introduction.

It's Christmas Eve and Sexton Blake has one more client before the holiday. But when he discovers not only has him nemesis Madame Dulk returned but that millionaire patron Frank Ellaby is again missing revels must wait. A mad rogue, a mysterious princess and a venerable star-gazer face off against Blake. He partner Parisian Jules Gervaise disappears as events spin beyond Blake's control. Includes a new novel based on the original, a reprint the 1893 novel and illustrations, and an informative introduction.

Ambitious genius inventor Harry Harding, his boyhood friend Ted, British Fitzherbert and the irascible Silas are on airship adventure to find the fabled Silent City. On their way to the lost civilization seen only in mirages they are beset by natives and outlaws. Surviving by wits and luck the adventurers press forward. Will the inhabitants welcome them or destroy them? Volume includes a new story based on the original, a reprint of the 1909 novel and an informative introduction.

Young genius inventor Frank Rude, Jr. has awoken in an Argentine hospital, his face bandaged and his memory gone. To his aid comes hard-boiled detective El Gato Negro, legendary local hero Gaucho Gil and the dashing Science Cowboy. All Frank wants is reclaim his identity, but after a string of murders he's off to the Pampas in the guise of Juan Nadie to solve the mystery.

Celebrate the age of dime novel robots with the first comprehensive history and bibliograpy of the subject. From the pages of rare old magazines get a close-hand look at the machines that made literary history, inspiring even the great Jules Verne himself Includes descriptions, a time line and a bibliography. As a special bonus the volume includes a listing of British reprints, and the first part of Jack Wright and his New Electric Horse, not seen in 120 years. 100 rare illustrations