Adventure Books

Benton's Venture

Ralph Henry Barbour

That ought to have settled the matter; but, although Tom, refusing comfort from his mother, went to bed telling himself that it was going to be the paper mill after all, somehow the next morning broug..

Cosmic Saboteur

Frank M. Robinson

A voice from a million miles away said: "We're not supposed to kill him!" and he guessed that the men were from out of town because it was an accent that he had never heard before. Then two of them we..

Revolt of the Outworlds

Stephen Marlowe

Just then the television screens depicting smaller ceremonies on the other Outworlds erupted into violent activity. There was muted thunder from the Venus screen. People could be seen running about wi..

At the Queen’s Mercy

Mabel Fuller Blodgett

A curious woven strip falling from one 8shoulder over the right breast bound his middle. Save for this, the man was naked, and I saw that some strange torture had twisted and distorted his wrists and ..

Sarah of the Sahara - A Romance of Nomads Land

George S. Chappell

Again the imperious call and challenge flashed between us as I took a seat opposite hers where I could study her features while I tossed my chips on the table. She looked up at once and I held her wit..

Ascanio

Alexandre Dumas

The anecdote of the presentation of the diamond ring by the Emperor to the favorite is told by Miss Pardoe substantially as by Dumas, but it is rejected by most historians of the time. There is no que..

Honor of Thieves - A Novel

C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

Miss Rivers shrugged her shoulders. “Not he. But you know what Mrs. Shelf is when she gets any show person at one of her functions. The poor man had to stand it for a while, because she held on to him..

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1 (of 3)

Alain Rene Le Sage

There are some people in the world so mischievous as not to read a work without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters it may happen to contain to eminent or popular individuals. Certain physic..