Paul W. Fairman & Stephen Marlowe 2 hr 38 min read

In a nameless eastern mansion stands a great clock of another world, and a man from a cavern with a strange story, the start of a quest across the plains of Ofrid to the fabled Golden Ape.

Fairman and Marlowe's 1957 novel is a rousing lost-world and sword-and-planet adventure. Colorful, imaginative golden-age SF. Read it for a sweeping tale of hidden worlds, a mysterious birthright, and a hero's journey toward the mystery of the Golden Ape.

In its time

Published in 1957, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

2 hr 38 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).