Henry Kuttner 1 hr 32 min read

In a cool, air-conditioned room in an Indian palace, three Europeans open a leather bag before a nervous Rajah, whose mouth goes dry at the sight, the fabled jewel called the Earth Star.

Henry Kuttner's 1942 story is a colorful adventure and lost-world tale of a fabulous gem and its secret. Vivid, exotic, fast-moving golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing pulp yarn of intrigue and wonder, as the mystery of a legendary jewel draws its seekers toward something far stranger than treasure.

In its time

Published in 1942, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

1 hr 32 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).