The Roar Devil & Satan Black
By Lester Dent
2011
First Published
4.18
Average Rating
128
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Thrill to the legendary pulp exploits of Doc Savage as the Man of Bronze returns in two action-packed adventures by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. First, when mysterious earth tremors endanger New York's hydroelectric dams, Doc must unearth the strange secret of The Roar Devil. Then, in Satan Black, Doc Savage is jailed and charged with murder while investigating oil pipeline sabotage in Arkansas. This classic pulp reprint features the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray.
Avg Rating
4.18
Number of Ratings
11
5 STARS
45%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
9%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
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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.
