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Best of Sydney J. Bounds
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are seventeen hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
Best of Sydney J. Bounds
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are nine hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including a complete short novel never before published.
The Best of Sydney J Bounds: Volume Two
In The Best of Sydney J Bounds Volume 2, you'll find stories that span the full spectrum of imaginative literature from one of its modern masters, in a sparkling collection where unspeakable occurrences alter the course of events with dizzying consequences. Tales of Mystery & Horror It was incredible that she didn't move, didn't utter a sound. But then the whole island lay under an uncanny silence, reminding him he hadn't seen even one small animal here. It was hideous. The limbs were not identical; they had not come from the same body. The head, waxen and discoloured, lolled at an angle, as if insecurely hinged at the neck. Tales of Fantasy & Science Fiction ... the bony framework inside hi...
Savage's Trap
When Savage was assigned to uncover evidence against Max Chaney and bring him to trial, he had no idea of the danger he was riding into. Chaney, a Californian politician, was suspected of killing a U.S marshal, and he had Gruber's gang on hand to wipe out any opposition in the run-up to his election as state governor. Surviving an attempt on his life, Savage is left in a coma. Cared for by Dr Perry and a nurse called Tulip, he recovers to find himself hunted by Gruber's gang and the police. Savage's only chance is to bide his time until he can set and spring the trap that will end Chaney's reign of terror.
Savage's Quest
When thirteen-year-old Maggie Magrew asks for help in saving the Circle M from greedy rancher King Granby, Pinkertons send Savage to deal with the situation. He finds himself up against a sheriff owned by Granby, his two vicious sons and Texas Lee, who wants to cut another notch on his gun butt. Then Savage also has to contend with Bea Fletcher...Despite some help from those outside the law, it falls on Savage alone to save the Circle M. Now he must survive a bloody showdown with the Granbys.
The Best of Sydney J Bounds: Volume One
ADRIFT IN SPACEHis spaceship destroyed, he was lost in space with only days to live. His spacesuit would be his coffin when the air in his tanks ran out... A modern Robinson Crusoe without an island, adrift in the limitless sea of space... By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are nine hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including 'The Predators', a complete short novel. Featuring the best of horror fantasy in 'Strange Portrait', where a beautiful muse, a captivating portrait and a tortured artist collide in highly unfortunate circumstances, to the narcissistic struggles of pioneering colonists in extraordinary escapades on new planets...
Frontier Legion
For the first time in ebook! Frontier Legion is a gripping science fiction novella, here collected with eight other classic stories from master of the genre Sydney J. Bounds!Jan Arrowsmith wakes on the spaceship Goliath, suffering from a mysterious loss of memory. He has forgotten who he is, and what lies behind the deep space mission to Pluto. He learns that as a high-ranking Security Agent, he had asked for a spaceship crew to take him to Pluto, in order to prevent some unknown danger threatening to strike Earth in 7 days' time. Vilified as a deserter, he must use all his cunning to evade capture and complete his mission, before it's too late... Also including:The Disappearance. It's found...
Mission of the Brains
Across the country, scientists were being murdered. And the murders formed a strange and horrifying pattern--none of their dead bodies had heads! Furthermore, the trunk of each decapitated body was cauterized.Clearly the heads had been destroyed by some fantastic heat weapon.The importance of the scientists and the implications of unknown technology led to MI5 carrying out an urgent investigation. They had only one curious piece of evidence to go on, one that had first been brought to the attention of Scotland Yard by the eccentric scientist Dr. Fox: each time one of the murders had been committed, the Burkholder touring Fair had been in the vicinity. A mysterious and sinister act, known as ...
Savage Rides West
Railroad baron Lew Preston fears his daughter Barbara might be kidnapped on her journey to marry his associate Jerry Crowther. So Savage, Pinkerton's toughest agent, is hired to escort her by rail from Chicago to California. The demure red-headed Barbara is soon revealed as a hellion. "Red" shows she can rough it when the train is wrecked, and she and Savage join a wagon travelling west. Then, a gang of crooks grab Red, and Savage risks his life in rescuing her. He realizes that Red is a reluctant bride, but doggedly continues west with the girl in tow. But on reaching Crowther in San Francisco, they are caught up in a maelstrom of treachery and torture. Has Savage completed his assignment only to find death?
Shadow of the Noose
The hangman's noose is calling...Toby Small's brother has been wrongly accused of the murder of a US marshal.But Toby is determined to prove his brother's innocence by tracking down the real killer.It's not long before Toby realises that his search for truth is more dangerous than he bargained for, especially when Carver, the foreman of the Crooked L ranch, goes for his gun.Yet Toby's investigations only seem to churn up more questions that need answering - why does rancher Harknett shy away from the public eye so much. and who is the mysterious prisoner trapped in the canyon?Help is at hand in the form of the feisty Ella, and Ray, a young man looking for adventure.But with time running out ...
