Quest of the Qui & The Devil's Playground
By Lester Dent
2010
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The pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two supernatural pulp novels by Lester Dent and Alan Hathway, writing as Kenneth Robeson. After Johnny Littlejohn vanishes while trailing a centuries-old Viking ship that materialized off Long Island, Doc Savage journeys to Labrador on a "Quest of Qui." Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men journey to the Michigan North Woods to investigate tomahawk attacks and a murderous Indian spirit known as Michabou in "The Devil's Playground." This deluxe pulp reprint features Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary by pulp historian Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.
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Author
Lester Dent
Author · 44 books
Lester Dent (1904–1959) was born in La Plata, Missouri. In his mid-twenties, he began publishing pulp fiction stories, and moved to New York City, where he developed the successful Doc Savage Magazine with Henry Ralston, head of Street and Smith, a leading pulp publisher. The magazine ran from 1933 until 1949 and included 181 novel-length stories, of which Dent wrote the vast majority under the house name Kenneth Robeson. He also published mystery novels in a variety of genres, including the Chance Molloy series about a self-made airline owner. Dent’s own life was quite adventurous; he prospected for gold in the Southwest, lived aboard a schooner for a few years, hunted treasure in the Caribbean, launched an aerial photography company, and was a member of the Explorer’s Club.
