THE SCARLET LAKE MYSTERY
A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY
BY JOHN BLAINE
GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC., 1958
NEW YORK, N. Y.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Printed in the United States of America
[Transcriber Note: Extensive research did not discover a
U.S. copyright renewal.]
Grim-faced men came running to help still the holocaust
Contents
CHAPTER I Spindrift
CHAPTER II Assignment: Rocket Base
CHAPTER III Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER IV Scarlet Lake
CHAPTER V Project Pegasus
CHAPTER VI Sign of the Earthman
CHAPTER VII Careless Mesa
CHAPTER VIII Project Orion
CHAPTER IX Ghost Town Clue
CHAPTER X Stranded in Steamboat
CHAPTER XI Deadrock Ogg, Mayor
CHAPTER XII Servomotors Missing
CHAPTER XIII Fly the Winged Horse!
CHAPTER XIV Check Pilot
CHAPTER XV The Open Hatchway
CHAPTER XVI The Board Shows Green
CHAPTER XVII Weight, One Ton
CHAPTER XVIII Out of Control!
CHAPTER XIX The Unyielding Ground
CHAPTER XX The Earthman
The Rick Brant Science-Adventure Stories
List of Illustrations
Grim-faced men came running to help still the holocaust
Etched on the bar was a puzzling inscription
A bullet whined off the top of the rock pile, and then there wassilence
"What are you doing here?" the man demanded
Rick hung in the air, as though suspended by some weird magic
CHAPTER I
Spindrift
Rick Brant released the sling pouch with his lef