I thought I'd check out this book after Hard Case Crime announced they would be releasing a new never before published Lester Dent novel later this year. Prior to this I was not real familiar with Lester Dent and his "Doc Savage" series or even Walter Gibson and "The Shadow." This book helps fill in some of the blanks. L. Ron Hubbard also is also featured prominently, and everybody knows who he is today, but this book gives a peek into his early history as well. I should mention also that this book is as wildly fantastic as most of the pulp that the authors who are featured as it's main characters are, and where the line is drawn between fact and fiction is blurred although one can be sure the lies far outweigh the truth in this novel and I think that might just be the point of it all......
