Why did a desperate man shave his head before visiting Doc
Savage headquarters, only to be struck down, his pulsing brain turned to inert
stone? What sinister secret did his strange slaying silence? And how was a
lizard-green shadow resembling Medusa branded on Doc’s office wall?
These are only some of the questions confronting the Man
of Bronze as he pursues a grisly trail of petrified corpses to post-Prohibition
Chicago, whose criminal underworld is being terrorized by a serpent-haired
demon engaged in a seemingly senseless slaughter spree whose ultimate target
will shake Doc Savage’s men to their core.
Suspects are many, clues baffling. Death and danger lurks
everywhere they turn––symbolized by the silhouette of a faceless Gorgon.
From the concrete canyons of Manhattan to the coal fields
of Illinois, Doc Savage tracks a phantom fiend the likes of which he has never
before hunted. Or is he the one being hunted?
Glare of
The Gorgon (Doc Savage Adventure)
The Wild
Adventures of Doc Savage
By Kenneth
Robeson (Will Murray)
ISBN
#978-1618272386
Price
$24.95
510
Pages
Rating
5-Stars
“Smoothly
Written, Fast Paced, And Thrilling Adventure.”
Ned Gamble contacts Doc
Savage from the train he’s arriving on from Chicago, to expect him. But he’s
being followed, and before he reaches the safety of Doc’s headquarters, he is
killed in the hallway and an odd green figure is found on the wall where he
died. When Doc examines him, he finds the man’s brain calcified. Ned is
carrying a newspaper with an article covering the death of a scientist in
Chicago that appears to have a bearing on the case. At present, Long Tom
Roberts is attending the Chicago Exposition of Science, and Doc notifies him to
contact Janet Falcon, the last person Ned Gamble was in contact with. Finding
the girl is easy, but Long Tom is quickly captured, and the case is running
full steam with the Greek mythical Gorgons playing a hideous death note. The
story quickly moves to Chicago where the Exposition becomes a backdrop for some
of the action.
Although the cover isn’t one
of my favorites, the author’s writing continues to mesmerize the reader from
the first page onward. The writing is smooth, the plot fast-paced, and the
adventure is filled with thrills. Doc’s aides, the five greatest minds in the
world – next to Doc – have to be shown a little dumb in order for Doc to appear
so smart, but these longer stories tend to make them even dumber than they
would normally seem in a pulp-size adventure of 120 pages. In this novel we see
that clearly. Not that it distracts from the novel, I just feel the author
should give them a little more intelligence in these longer tomes. However, the
author has another winner on his hands. Highly recommended to Doc Savage fans,
as well as adventure lovers around the world.
Tom Johnson
Author of CARNIVAL OF DEATH
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