PDF Books in Action & Adventure Fiction
Philip Rollo, Vol. I (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the first of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc.. At a sale of the effects of an eminent antiquary lately deceased, it was our happiness and good fortune to become the possessor of a certain little MS. volume, closely written, in a neat s..
Philip Rollo, Vol. II (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the second of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc..Every day the old queen rode forth on a fat Danish horse, accompanied by Ernestine and other ladies; every day, at the same hour as yesterday, the guard presented arms at the gate—the offi..
The Dead-Star Rover
by Robert AbernathyThe Dead-Star Rover is an adventurous science fiction short story by Robert Abernathy.The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour—far too fast for such uneven country. Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the..
The Warlock of Sharrador
by Gardner F. FoxThe Warlock of Sharrador is an adventurous science fiction story written by Gardner F. Fox which is published in Planet Stories Magazine.The McCanahan came awake in the pearl mists of a Senn dawn, staring upward into the round blue muzzle of a Thorn blaster. The handgun hung in the air without visible support, its trigger moving slowly back. ..
The Sun-Death
by Stanley WhitesideThe Sun-Death is a space opera written by Stanley Whiteside for Planet stories magazine.The Spaceship Vulcan lay on a tangled mat of vegetation. A thin haze of blue smoke drifted over it from the nearby Venusian village where several of the grass huts were afire. Under the bulging side of the ship twenty of the crew were boisterously herding ..
Paid Off
by Walt CoburnEach grunting, panting question was punctuated by a stinging slap. Shorty Carroway’s breath came in gasps from between a pair of bruised, bleeding lips. His weight resting on the heaving chest of the big man under him, knees jammed into the bulging muscles of that beaten man’s forearms, Shorty’s full-swung slaps jolted the swollen, battered face. T..
Ice Planet
by Carl SelwynThere were twelve seats but only five passengers. Further down was a tubercular-looking Martian and near the pilot room sat a fat man with a woman. The fat man chewed sleepily on a dead cigar and the woman stared out of the window. They were handcuffed together. Slowly a faint siren hum penetrated the cabin, not unlike the sound of a power plant. A..
A Fool in Spots
by Hallie Erminie RivesHere Frost, more wickedly practical, continued: “Now, you are of gentle blood, being fitted out by nature with the most unfortunate combination of attributes. Nature has given you much more than your share of intelligence and manly beauty, together with most refined and sympathetic sensibilities and luxurious tastes, and then has placed you in an o..